Executive Toyota Prius Engineer Dies in Plane Crash (Edmunds.com)SAN PEDRO, Calif. ? David Hermance, who as executive engineer for environment engineering for Toyota was a major force behind the Prius hybrid, died on Saturday in a plane crash off the Southern California coast.
Top Toyota Engineer Dies in Plane Crash (San Francisco Chronicle)A pilot who died when his aerobatic plane plunged into the sea was an engineer who promoted fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles and was dubbed the "American father of the Prius." David Hermance, 59, didn't invent the gasoline-electric engine but the Toyota...