2018 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive Cabriolet First Drive: It Loves the City

– If there is a natural habitat for most of today’s electric cars, it is the city. Their comparatively short driving range doesn’t matter as much in town, and their high efficiency at lower speeds plays out as an advantage. So it’s only logical that the quintessential city car, the Smart Fortwo, is offered with […]

Smart Cuts the Price of 2017 Fortwo Electric Drive As It Drops Gas Models

– Mercedes-Benz’s urban-focused Smart minicar brand is about to go cold-turkey on internal-combustion engines in the U.S. And it’s easing that transition by lowering prices on its remaining offering: the redesigned-for-2017 Fortwo Electric Drive. – Before the $ 7500 federal EV tax credit, or any state incentives such as California’s $ 2500 Clean Vehicle Rebate […]

Smart Embraces ED, Will Drop Gasoline-Powered Fortwo

– Smart has an embarrassing problem, and it’s preventing the brand from satisfying the needs of U.S. and Canadian customers. As a result, Daimler’s city-car brand is shifting focus in these two North American markets and killing off combustion-engine variants of the Smart Fortwo coupe and convertible. Instead, the brand will limit U.S. and Canadian […]