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As Toyota marches toward its 2010 goal of putting one million hybrids on the road annually, it is looking at hydraulic hybrids, systems that use hydraulic oil under high pressure to give the engine an extra boost.
Hear Ward's AutoWorld Editor Drew Winter's latest take on the auto industry in his weekly report on Detroit's WJR radio: