People often assume my Smart car is electrically powered. I'm routinely asked how far it goes on a charge, sometimes even while I'm filling up at a gas station! But there are real electric Smarts in various stages of development, using several different technologies. A current pilot project in London involving two Smarts has been put into municipal duty - as police cars. It reportedly has a top speed of 60 and a range of 70 miles - not the stuff of high-speed chases. Here's one captured by the the irrepressible Frode Hegland of HyperWords fame.
Curiously it's modeled on the previous generation model – the 450 – which I actually think looks sleeker (relatively) and has a better resolved design than the current, USA-legal Smart car.
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