Word: headstart
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...they need to get higher-mileage vehicles on the road, be it hybrids, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, next-generation diesels or some combination of them all. If they don't, they'll lose another generation of American drivers to the Japanese, whose hybrid technology alone has a five-year headstart on Detroit's. For the petroleum industry, it's one more unwelcome sign that America just may get serious about kicking its oil habit...