With the new smart electric drive, the smart brand is further expanding its leading position in the field of urban mobility. The Stuttgart-based company will soon be bringing fully electric motoring to China, its third-largest market, where the smart fortwo electric drive will be available before the year is out. This means that smart will be the first European importer to sell a fully electric vehicle on the Chinese market. The Chinese government has now given the green light for approval of the
zero-local-emission runabout.
The smart forjeremy is going into series production. At the Shanghai Auto Show (21 to 29 April 2013), smart will be showcasing the unique model created together with internationally renowned fashion designer Jeremy Scott, which will be available as an extremely limited special edition licensed for road use. With its striking wings at the rear, the vehicle retains a central design element of the original show car.
This month, car2go North America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler North America Corporation, will celebrate its first full year of service in Washington, D.C. Since its launch in March 2012, more than 19,000 people have registered as members of car2go, and more than 350,000 trips have been taken in the blue and white smart fortwo car2go vehicles, which are now engrained as part of the landscape of Washington, D.C.
car2go North America, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler North America, announced today successful operations for its first 90 days in Seattle, Washington. Since registration opened for car2go in Seattle just three months ago, more than 18,000 people have signed up to become members of the city’s first point-to-point carsharing program.
At the International Motor Show in Geneva, smart's presentation will be focusing on the smart drive app 2.0 with its important new smart-specific functions and the design cooperation with Danish interior design specialist BoConcept. The brand will also be showcasing two unique special models, the smart fortwo BoConcept signature style and the smart fortwo edition cityflame.
