Image by B. Alter: F 800 Style Hybrid Mercedes-Benz World is Disneyland for Benz lovers. It is three floors of vintage and new Mercedes, along with a cafe, shop, simulators and a test run. A dream come true for wanna-be Merc. drivers and owners. So what is TreeHugger doing there? We came to hear Prof. Gorden Wagener, Vice President of Design for all of Mercedes talk about the Mercedes-Benz brand and how they keep it aspirational. We also came to see the prototype for the Mercedes hybrid electric car, the… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Mercedes-Benz’ Head of Design Rolls Out Their Electric Cars for the Future

Tesla Motors, Inc and Toyota Motor Corp have officially announced a partnership in next-gen technology for electric cars that begins with a $50 million investment from Toyota. The collaboration involves not just electric cars but also parts, production and engineering support.

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It’s been five years since conversationalist Damian Aspinall has seen Kwibi, a lowland gorilla he helped raise in captivity before releasing him back into the wild. But when Aspinall decided to venture into the jungles of Gabon, Kwibi’s new home, no one could have expected w… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Gorilla Reunites With The Man Who Raised Him (Video)

Photo: Flickr , CC But you can never find one when you need it… According to a new regional survey, the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin together have 1,260 square kilometers of paved parking lots, or 5% of urban land use. That’s about 2.5 parkings per car, but that’s not even counting street parking, private parkings, and parking structures . If you add all of this together, you get about 3 to 3.5 parkings per car and a higher percentage of urban land use…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Did You Know That Many U.S. States Have 3.5x More Parking Lots Than Cars?

Photo: Nissan Time for Other Auto-Makers to Increase Their Electric Car Production Targets! When Nissan first announced its production schedule for the electric LEAF, some thought that the numbers were too high. But it turns out that these numbers might turn out to be too low (not surprising considering the price of the LEAF in the US and in

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Image via Ubergizmo You have just today and tomorrow to whip this up if you want to rock it during National Bike to Work Week , but even if you are going to weekend-warrior it, this solar powered stereo would be a great addition to your bike for at least the rest of May, which is officially Bike to Work Month. If you’re a bike commuter, you likely already have a spot set up to carry a milk crate, and if you don’t, you want one anyway!… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Solar Stereo-In-a-Milk-Crate Rocks Your Commute for National Bike to Work Week

Images by B. Alter At Mercedes Benz World last week, while the men were test-driving Mercedes Benz sports cars on the test track, this TreeHugger was merrily chugging along in the new electric smart fortwo Smart Car which will be out at the end of June. The Benz people didn’t encourage a spin around the wet skid circuit, so we were going at a peaceful and comfortable 40 mph. The others were chomping at the bit to pass–but let them wait–this was fun! … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Test-Driving the New All-Electric Smart Car

Image credit: Good Streets are inescapably the domain of motorized vehicles. Sure, bikes are sometimes allowed—though more often than not relegated to the margins—but really, the wide avenues and bustling boulevards belongs to the fast, the mechanized, and the petroleum consuming. And things are set to stay that way—unless, Good writes , pedestrians do something to take over…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How to Turn Streets Into Sidewalks

Photo: Nissan After Incentives, That Is… Nissan made big waves by announcing that its LEAF electric car would be sold for about $25k in the US (after federal incentives, and in some states there’s an extra $5k rebate). Now the automaker is announcing that the European version of the LEAF will be sold for under 30,000 Euros in most European countries after government incentives. Read on to find out more pricing details for specific EU countrie… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Nissan LEAF Priced Under €30k in Europe

photo: Michelle Tribe / Creative Commons via flickr An interesting new study from scientists at the University of Montreal and Harvard University has found a connection between exposure to organophosphate pesticides , at levels common among US children, and increased risk of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Pesticide Exposure Linked to Increased Risk of ADHD