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Plane crash kills Mr Hybrid

An engineer who played a leading role in introducing hybrid technologies to the US auto market was killed in a plane crash at the weekend, reports said on Monday.

DNA Web Team

Updated : Nov 19, 2013, 11:17 PM IST

LOS ANGELES: An engineer who played a leading role in introducing hybrid technologies to the US auto market was killed in a plane crash at the weekend, reports said on Monday.

David Hermance, 59, died when the single-seat experimental plane he was piloting crashed into the ocean off San Pedro in southern California on Saturday after performing several loops and spins.

The Los Angeles Times reported Monday that the married father-of-two was an executive engineer for advanced technology vehicles at Toyota's technical center in the Los Angeles area.

He had a major role in introducing America to such cars as the Prius, which runs on a combination of gasoline and batteries, according to the newspaper.

"His job was to take the technology developed in Japan and bring it to the United States," colleague Bill Reinert told the Times.

"He was the American father of the Prius."

American environmental groups also paid tribute to Hermance, who they said helped translate the complex language of hybrid engineering technology into something that regulators and legislators could understand.

"He made the Prius something that worked for the American market," said Roland Hwang, vehicles policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

"When people think of hybrid systems, they think of Toyota, and that is due in good part to Dave's work. He was Mr Hybrid, the American face of the hybrid."

Reinert told the newspaper that Hermance was an experienced pilot who loved his plane, classified as an experimental craft, either assembled by amateurs or from a kit.

An investigation into the crash is underway.

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