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Shigeyuki Hori is the principal designer of Toyota’s acclaimed Hybrid Synergy Drive hybrid motor system which is in use by several vehicles including the Prius and Lexus RX Hybrid. An executive chief engineer in Toyota Motor Corporation Dr. Hori served as chief engineer for more vehicles simultaneously than any other person in the company’s history by taking charge of the Prius Celica MR2 Caldina Opa Avensis and Scion tC development efforts in the early to mid-2000s.