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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Daimler to move quickly to offer a hybrid car from Mercedes Bens C-class, S-class and E-class in Europe and United States to meet fuel economy standards globally within three years.

The Head of Daimler’s E-Drive and Future Mobility unit – Herbert Kohler, declared that Daimler is moving quickly to improve hybrid car technologies. He said that the company have a leading position and will defend their focus concerning alternative propulsion systems in the premium category.

A trusted source of Daimler said that the C-Class and E-class full hybrids will be launched before 2013 in Europe and in 2014 with the S-class plug-in hybrid. And six months later United State versions will follow.

Currently Mercedes does not provide plug-in hybrid versions in the U.S. The just offered a full hybrid and a mild hybrid for Mercedes S400.

The differences between full hybrid and mild hybrid are located on electric motor. A full hybrid can be encouraged by using the electric motor for short distances. A mild hybrid, electric motors do not drive a vehicle on its own – the mild hybrid uses an electric motor as a start or stops the system.

Besides that, Kohler also said that this year Daimler will continue to invest heavily in R&D – spending more than $2.7 billion on alternative powertrain technology.

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Since the first hybrid cars hit United State roads ten years ago, Mercedes and BMW – Carmaker from German, announced pricing for their first gas electric hybrid cars this week. Their first gas electric hybrid cars will arrive in US showrooms this month.

BMW ActiveHybrid X6

The BMW ActiveHybrid X6 has a great performance. This hybrid will sell for $89,725. BMW ActiveHybrid X6 mates a 4.4 l twin turbo 400 hp V8 engine with two electric motors which can deliver 86 hp and 91 hp each. This car is geared for great performance. You can get 0-60 speed in 5.5 seconds. BMW ActiveHybrid X6 system means a 20 percent over the conventional X6 – but that only adds up to 17 miles per gallons (city) and 19 miles per gallons (highway).

Standard features of BMW ActiveHybrid X6 include leather interior, 20” aero wheels, 7 speed automatic transmissions, rearview camera with top view and heads-up display.

Mercedes Benz ML 450 Hybrid

Mercedes Company shows slightly more deference to fuel economy in their ML 450 Hybrid – with 275- hp, 3.5 liter, V6 engine and two motors providing 335 hp. This hybrid will deliver 21 mpg in the city and 24 on the highway fuel economy. If we compare with V8 ML 550 which rates just 13/18, it’s a nice boost.

Curiously, you can get the Mercedes Benz ML 450 Hybrid as your own with only on a lease of $549 a month for 60 months (for 36 months you must pay $659 each month. Roban Moran, the spokesperson of USA Mercedes tells us that the company offering this vehicle as lease because the company has a limited supply of batteries available. Reading this issue, we assume that Mercedes has some concerns about replacing or maintaining the nickel metal hybride batteries in the future.

German carmakers has a great interest about hybrid gas electric vehicle – with the BMW ActiveHybrid x6 and Mercedes Benz ML 450 Hybrid, they have arrived to the hybrid party with keg sized jugs of luxurious stuff. Unfortunately, the most exciting green car party has already moved on to electric cars and plug-in hybrids with much greater potential to reduce fuel use and emissions.

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