{"id":5162,"date":"2021-01-10T00:50:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T00:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/?p=5162"},"modified":"2021-01-10T18:30:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T18:30:04","slug":"spy-shots-mercedes-s400-hybrid-spotted-testing-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/?p=5162","title":{"rendered":"Spy Shots: Mercedes S400 Hybrid spotted testing in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Click the S400 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/hybrid\/\">hybrid<\/a> prototype for a high-res gallery<\/em><\/p>\n<p>An attentive Autoblog reader spotted what appears to be a prototype <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/mercedes_benz\/\">Mercedes<\/a> S400 Hybrid in a Houston Texas parking lot the other day. The test car&#x27;s badges were all taped over, but the S400 and hybrid badging on the trunk lid seems to match the show concept. The <a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/2007\/09\/11\/frankfurt-2007-mercedes-benz-s-class-hybrids\/\">S400 was shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show last fal<\/a>l and will launch into production in mid-2009 at about the same time as the ML450 Hybrid. While the SUV will use the Two-Mode hybrid system developed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/gm\/\">GM<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/chrysler\/\">Chrysler<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/bmw\/\">BMW<\/a>, the S400 will use the mild hybrid system created with BMW. The mild hybrid uses a 15kW motor sandwiched between the transmission and 3.5L V6. The Mercedes mild hybrid system is likely to be the first mass production hybrid <a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/2008\/03\/03\/mercedes-s400-li-ion-hybrid-will-use-continental-battery\/\">with a lithium ion battery<\/a>. At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/auto-shows\/\">auto show<\/a> introduction, Mercedes claimed that the full-size hybrid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/car-finder\/luxury-sedan\/\">luxury sedan<\/a> will achieve nearly 30 mpg.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2008\/08\/03\/spy-shots-mercedes-s400-hybrid-spotted-testing-in-texas\/<\/p>\n<p>2008-08-03T09:03:00+00:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click the S400 hybrid prototype for a high-res gallery<br \/>\nAn 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&#x27;s badges were all taped over, but the S400 and\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autoblog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10249,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5162\/revisions\/10249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}