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Now you can haul that bag of peat moss and still be green.
Stevo
Smart showed off this week at the Detroit auto show the ultimate in eco-friendly pickup trucks -- the electric Smart For-Us concept.
The Daimler brand's two-seater micro pickup is significantly bigger that the Smart For-Two sedan -- about three feet longer at 139.6 in., which puts it a few inches shy of a Mini Cooper.
That makes it more useful and likely more comfortable than a For-Two, but don't plan on throwing 4x8 sheets of plywood in the back of this tiny city vehicle.
In fact the bed is set up to handle a pair of Smart electric bikes, and to charge them -- which in a sense is another form of range-extender.
It uses the electric drive and lithium-ion battery from the For-Two electric due on sale this spring, so should get something approaching its estimated about 80-mile range, after deducting for the larger size.
The Daimler brand's two-seater micro pickup is significantly bigger that the Smart For-Two sedan -- about three feet longer at 139.6 in., which puts it a few inches shy of a Mini Cooper.
That makes it more useful and likely more comfortable than a For-Two, but don't plan on throwing 4x8 sheets of plywood in the back of this tiny city vehicle.
In fact the bed is set up to handle a pair of Smart electric bikes, and to charge them -- which in a sense is another form of range-extender.
It uses the electric drive and lithium-ion battery from the For-Two electric due on sale this spring, so should get something approaching its estimated about 80-mile range, after deducting for the larger size.
Stevo
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