Archive for August 3rd, 2008

The three-dimensional directional system Australian designer Axel Peemoeller created inside the Eureka Tower Car Park in Melbourne may have won several design awards, but wethinks perhaps it’ll freak you out if you happen to be walking by. Especially when you start to notice it looks like the walls and floors are bleeding different colors of… »

Filed under: Hybrid, Manufacturing/Plants, Mercedes Benz, Germany, USA

Plans for Mercedes to release the ML 450 hybrid in 2009 may very well be canceled. The maker of the nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries that was to provide the energy storage component for the SUV, Cobasys, seems to be refusing to begin production of the essential part…. »

Filed under: At Witz End
There are cogent arguments on both sides
If you read my first ABG column a few weeks ago, you know that I’m no believer in human-caused global warming. My logical, data-driven engineering mind can’t wrap around the idea that the 4% of CO2 created by all of the planet’s human activity (96%… »

Filed under: Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, Hybrid, Saab
Click on the 9-X BioHybrid Concept for a high-res gallery
When Saab unveiled its 9-X BioHybrid concept at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year it was expected be added to the Swedish brand’s lineup in the next few years. In its original form, the car was built on GM’s Global… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Transportation Alternatives, On Two Wheels
Click above for more images of the Bricycle Concept
A man by the name of Brian has taken an interesting approach to designing an eco-friendly vehicle to replace some of the single-passengers cars driving all over the roads in America, and he calls it the Bricycle. Using three wheels… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Transportation Alternatives, On Two Wheels, Japan

Yamaha certainly has plenty of experience making sporty two-wheeled vehicles, as riders of the firm’s R6 and R1 sportbikes can certainly attest. Now, though, it seems that the Tuning Fork company has decided to branch out into human power, specifically with a new hybrid bicycle. What makes… »

Filed under: Hybrid, Mercedes Benz
Click the S400 hybrid prototype for a high-res gallery
An attentive Autoblog reader spotted what appears to be a prototype Mercedes S400 Hybrid in a Houston Texas parking lot the other day. The test car’s badges were all taped over, but the S400 and hybrid badging on the trunk lid seems to… »