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Top gear drives the Smart ED, isn't terribly impressed

Posted Apr 4th 2008 at 8:04AM by Jeremy Korzeniewski

We can think of a few electric cars which have gotten less-than-stellar reviews, probably deservedly so. The first reviewer that we know of to tackle the smart ED, though, was rather in favor of the diminutive electric machine, enjoying the 60 mile-per-hour top speed and 72-mile range. Top Gear, though, was less than impressed, citing a distinct lack of range and suggesting that "the Smart looks less appealing than a bike." Granted, smart thinks that the review unit provided to Top Gear must have had some ailments, but perhaps the system still has some growing-pains to overcome before it's truly ready for the mainstream market. It's likely that the Zebra battery would be replaced with lithium ion's in any real production version, in any case. Still, we remain wanting to get a crack at the smart ED ourselves. Thanks for the tip, Forrest!

[Source: Top Gear]

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Tags: electric smart, electric-smart, ElectricSmart, smart, smart ed, smart fortwo, smart fortwo ed, smart-ed, smart-fortwo, smart-fortwo-ed, SmartEd, SmartFortwo, SmartFortwoEd, top gear, top-gear, TopGear

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