Tuesday, August 16, 2011

2012 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive hits 75 mph, whizzes to 60 in 13 seconds

2012 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive hits 75 mph, whizzes to 60 in 13 seconds

The third-generation, 2012 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive ditches its 16.5-kWh Tesla-engineered battery pack in favor of a 17.6-kWh unit manufactured by Deutsche ACCUmotive and, in the process, gains a much needed boost in acceleration, top speed and a slight increase in range. Scheduled to launch next spring, the 2012 Fortwo Electric Drive features an EM-motive 55-kW (74-horsepower) electric motor, a massive increase from the 30-kW (40-hp) unit found in the 2011 Fortwo electric.

Autoblog, 2012 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive hits 75 mph, whizzes to 60 in 13 seconds

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