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04-24-2009, 09:56 PM
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#41 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 | And Sci-Fi's DVice: Tesla powered electric Smart Car gets a test drive | DVICE Quote:
The Tesla Motors Club held an event recently where they got to check out the Smart EV prototype, an all electric version of the tiny Smart Car. We've seen that the Smart is best suited to short range city driving, so the Smart EV's "near 100 mile range" should be plenty for most users.
Tesla says that they expect Smart will launch the EV this December
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04-24-2009, 10:23 PM
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#42 | | Head Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stanford, California Posts: 3,606 | Quote:
Originally Posted by graham  | Oh lordy... ABG did a great job. DVICE is a bit confused.
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04-28-2009, 11:29 AM
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#44 | | Head Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stanford, California Posts: 3,606 | Quote:
Originally Posted by malcolm | Gizmodo is part of the Gawker network which has been decidedly anti-Tesla. (They also didn't credit me for my photo.)
Picked up by a few others: Tesla-powered Smart fortwo gives rides, ignites imaginations - Engadget VIDEO: Tesla Powered Smart EV - AllCarsElectric.com
Here's an SFGate story (from just after the Menlo Park Model S party) with actual information that I fairly sure I posted earlier: City Brights: Paul Saffo : Tesla's surprise: an electric screamer for the rest of us! - SFGate.com Quote:
... the coolest ride at last night's electron-soiree was not the Model S or even Tesla's Roadster - it was an adorable prototype electric Daimler/Smart Fortwo fitted out with the same drive-train Tesla uses in its Roadster. The Fortwo looks like a rollerskate but rides like a rocket, as I discovered when Tesla Systems Specialist Colin Gillingham took me for a spin. Electrics are famous for their torque, but when Colin hit the pedal, it brought back memories of being cat-shot off the deck of an aircraft carrier. He demurred when I asked him to make the little beast pop a wheelie, but I am certain it could.
Sadly, the production Fortwo won't include the Roadster's screaming drive-train, but it is still certain to be a hit when Daimler releases it in the US sometime in the next two years. The Smart car has always looked like it should be electric, a fact belied by the current model's lousy gas mileage. Thanks to Tesla's technology, the Fortwo electric will likely top 170 miles between charges, plenty for toing and froing in the Bay Area, and it's diminutive size makes it perfect for parking in space-starved San Francisco. Best of all, Daimler is rumored to be pricing it at under $20k (the first units will be leased), putting the fortwo within the reach of the rest of us.
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06-05-2009, 04:59 PM
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#45 | | Head Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stanford, California Posts: 3,606 | Holy plagiarism, Batman!! Smart EV with a Tesla Drivetrain - smart USA insider Smart EV with a Tesla drivetrain. - Smart Car of America Forums Smart EV with a Tesla drivetrain. - Smart Car of America Forums Quote: Smart EV with a Tesla Drivetrain
When Tesla launched its amazing Model S a while back, it wasn't the only Tesla-powered machine supplying rides to attendees. Also ferrying guests about a short circuit (so to speak) was a smart fortwo imbued with a Tesla-engineered drivetrain, fruit of its effort to supply Daimler with battery packs for 1,000 smart eds. My friend Doug, of Tesla Motors Club fame, was at the event and went for a ride in the diminutive one, armed with a video camera to record the ride, the results of which we are happy to share with you after the break. Because of the nature of the event, there was no demonstration of heart-stopping acceleration or sure-footedness through a slalom, which is somewhat disappointing. The car would have been capable of making a lasting impression given the chance, outfitted, as it was, with the motor and gear box 1.0 from the Tesla Roadster.
| This guy verbatim copies the ABG article. His only edit is to change "our" to "my", thus proclaiming to be a personal friend. As far as I know, I've never met the dude! | |
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06-13-2009, 02:31 PM
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#46 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 634 | Brabus Smart
Can new Smart car make the UK love electric? | News | TechRadar UK
There's now a Brabus Smart. It's similar to the Brabus Tesla Roadster. There's just some new suspension, wheels and body and some fake engine noises. It seems the tuners are not yet skilled enough to tune in some extra performance.
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07-20-2009, 01:37 PM
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07-27-2009, 08:51 AM
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07-28-2009, 04:32 AM
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07-28-2009, 05:17 AM
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