The new Mercedes S500 plugin hybrid will, according to Mercedes, get 72.5 miles per gallon.  The hybrid car has the ability to travel 18 miles on electric only, but it’s not an extended range electric vehicle – like the Chevy Volt or the Fisker Karma. The hybrid has a 6 cylinder gasoline engine for it’s [...]

Most people use the color green for eco friendly things, Mercedes is not most people.  All of their eco friendly projects sit under ‘blue’ in the color spectrum.  This one is called the e-cell plus, this is one of the concept vehicles that Mercedes brought to the Detroit auto show. The compact hatchback, which points [...]

Daimler (maker of Mercedes) has recently publicly announced that they are partnering with Tesla Motors to make an EV.  The partnership must have been going on for quite some time because it has been announced that Mercedes will sport a gullwing EV in it’s lineup in the near future. Reports are that Diamler has been [...]