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Smart Ed's cell phone connection; RWE offering 22 kW home chargers

When the first second-generation Smart Eds were handed over to customers in Berlin last week, Daimler and German utility RWE also announced a few details about how the all-electric ForTwos can interact with with the Internet. Smart Ed drivers are assigned a personal contract code that can be used online and with cell phones to share information (e.g., billing and charge status) and can also pre-heat or pre-cool the car if it's plugged in. In the future, the Internet connection should also be able to be used to assign charging times to mesh ... Read more →

2nd-gen Smart Ed driven, still not ready for its close-up Sam Abuelsamid

There has been considerable hope that electrifying the Smart ForTwo would dispense with the micro-car's poor driveability and allow people to use the urban runabout more comfortably. ...

Electric Smart Fortwo gets shot in Berlin Sebastian Blanco

The next-generation Smart Ed, which just started production in France this week, is out and about on the streets of Berlin being filmed for some sort of promotional video, we think. Treehugger spotted ...

Smart ED production kicks off at Hambach plant Sam Abuelsamid

Earlier this week, Daimler launched production of the new generation Smart electric drive at the Hambach, France plant where all Smarts are built. The first stage of production will see the plant ...

Pics Aplenty: second-gen smart ed goes extra green Sebastian Blanco

To go along with yesterday's announcement that the second-generation smart ed will go into production in November, Daimler has released a bunch of new pics of the all-electric city car. Of ...

REPORT: second wave of elecric smart fortwos will be cheaper, available in 2010 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Currently, fleets in the UK that are testing the all-electric smart ed have to pay Daimler £380 per month per car for the privilege. When the next-generation test vehicles arrive in 2010, Daimler hopes to get the per-month lease cost down to under £200, according to a new report in ...

Detroit 2009: smart ed moving to production, will come to the US 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

We got our first look at the new smart ed for America yesterday (well, actually, it's just a European smart ed that's been brought over the pond). Daimler has now released details of just how Americans will be getting our hands on the vehicle that is already being tested in the UK and Italy. In ...


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