When General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz ``dismissed hybrids as `an interesting curiosity ' little did he know that less than a year later he would be doing his best to imitate what had already been the focus of many years of research at Toyota . Now that gas is at record prices , many of the car companies are scrambling to develop hybrid vehicles as the market for them increases . Toyota 's 10 year lead , however , has left many of these companies...











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