Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Electric Smarts coming soon

Britain will see the first electrically powered Smarts.

Smart EV The Smart EV (electric vehicle) makes its debut at the British motor show from July 20-30.

Sales begin in November, although Smart is limiting supply to certain corporate customers at first on special lease deals.

Smart is keen to point out this is a trial and only 200 electric models will come to the UK as part of this experiment.

However, the company also says this is a significant step towards Mercedes' programme of sustainable energy cars.

Powered by a 30kW electric motor, the Smart EV will be capable of 70mph and have a range of up to 72 miles.

© Source: original article on topgear.com