By definition, the recently unveiled Bloodhound SSC land-speeder is a hybrid. Now, it’s not the kind of hybrid we normally discuss here at the DiscoverHybrids blog, but a hybrid none-the-less. Designed to smash the current record of 763 mph and hit 1050 mph, the Bloodhound SSC is powered by 3 very different motors—thus the “hybrid.

The first engine, a Eurojet EJ200 jet engine, starts the rolling. Then the second, a purpose-built rocket engine takes over and sends the car into the four-digit stratosphere. And the third, a V-12 800 hp gasoline-burning race engine supplies auxiliary power for the rocket’s oxidizer pump and hydraulics.

Check out the whole thing in-depth at the Bloodhound SSC website.

Source: The Car Insider

It’s a slow news week here at DiscoverHybrid’s, so what do we do when it’s a slow news week? We either A, wax nasty about whatever green celebrity gal has caught our fancy that week. B, forward your traffic to automotive retailers schlepping Toyota Prius Floor Mats & Liners. Or C, surf the net looking to gravy-train someone else’s journalistic efforts. This week, it’s C.

The green crew over at TechnoHugs.com has put together this pictorial of green cars, real green cars. In fact these cars are so green, they actually produce oxygen. Check out the green scene right here.

Employing a new kind a hybrid technology that mates an electromagnet with a permanent magnet, the Tokyo-based Axle Corporation says this futuristic motorbike of theirs can be charged right at home in 6 hours.

And that’s not all. If you can get over how horrifyingly dorky this thing looks, it can run noiselessly for over 110 miles and reach speeds of over 90 mph. Watch the video above, it does look rather exciting.

And when the video gets to the Japanese-speaking parts, just know that in translation they’re saying, “DiscoverHybrids blog is number one!”

Going straight for the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf jugular, the new Smart ForTwo Electric Drive promises to heat up the impending EV wars. Set to hit the streets in October, the 2011 Smart ForTwo aims to grace the paid parking slot for every fashion-tastic urbanite across this land (or at least this land’s blue-tinged perimeter).

Of course, at a lease-only price of $599/month ($29K total), it’s probably a smart move that Smart plans to only import 250 of these electro-runabouts. But of course, with the eco-cache that the Smart brand commands, you can bet all 250 are accounted for by those aforementioned urbanites.

Source: Smart USA