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FORD will boost global production of petrol hybrid vehicles tenfold by 2010, its chief executive Bill Ford said week 39 2005.

By then, more than half of the company's cars and light trucks will have hybrid capability, he said during a meeting at a research lab with company scientists and engineers. Ford is trailing Toyota and Honda with the fuel-efficient hybrid technology. The Japanese automakers have been successful in cultivating an image as the leaders in environmental technology by offering a range of hybrid vehicles. Toyota plans to sell up to 250,000 worldwide this year.