Mercedes-Benz of Honolulu

Mercedes-Benz of Honolulu and Mercedes-Benz of Maui are excited about the new Mercedes-Benz hybrid options that are rolling out. Mercedes-Benz is giving you eco-friendly power in the Mercedes-Benz E400 HYBRID and E300 BlueTEC HYBRID models. The E400 HYBRID will be available here in the U.S. in the late 2012 months and the E300 BlueTEC HYBRID will be available in Europe.

We are also thrilled to tell you that the automaker's hybrid developments and…

With so many partiers tossing butts, beer cans and God knows what other paraphernalia every which way into the Jersey shoreline; it certainly could use a couple of do-gooders to come in and clean up the place. Not afraid of rolling up their sleeves and getting a little dirty, Mercedes-Benz USA decided to take on the job themselves.

Nearly two-hundred Mercedes-Benz employees joined Clean Ocean Action to do a little beach beatification which will go…

Shortly after news that Mercedes-Benz is planning to expand its diesel presence in the U.S., bigger news came out that Mercedes-Benz is planning to also expand its fleet of hybrids to meet tightening global fuel economy standards. Which Mercedes-Benz are initially slated to get hybrid technology, you ask.  Well, the first three lucky recipients will be C-, E-, and S- class vehicles -expected to reach Europe and the Unites States in just three years…

Mercedes-Benz has developed a B-class electric-fuel (EF) vehicle. And to prove its technical acuity, it's planning to drive the car around the world in 125 days. In total, the journey will cover 14 countries on four continents and run through portions of the United States.

The F-cell is powered by electricity generated by an onboard hydrogen fuel-cell stack and stored in a lithium-ion battery pack. The electric motor produces 134 horsepower (hp) and 215 lb.-ft. of torque, providing a driving range of 240-250 miles.

The journey is designed not only to demonstrate the "technical maturity of the B-Class, F-Cell", but also to underscore the need for a global hydrogen station network, says Mercedes-Benz. There will, however, be no shortage of hydrogen on this trip. "On remote routes a tank vehicle will be on hand to supply the fuel cell vehicles with necessary hydrogen," the automaker shared.¹

Mercedes-Benz's globe-trotting adventure brings back memories of Jules Verne's classic adventure novel, Around the World in Eighty Days published in 1873. For those of you who've read it, you know exactly what we're talking about. For those of you who haven't, the plot focuses on characters (Phileas Fogg, a rich English nobleman, and his newly employed French valet, Jean Passepartout) who accepted a bet to circumnavigate the world in 80 days. They went mostly by train and boat? and no chase vehicles were involved.