Tesla-Smart Collaboration Produces Underwhelming Electric Car [Electric Cars]
GIZMODO , Technology - pimg src=http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/04/tesla-smart-fortwo-car.jpg width=560 height=420 style=display:block; /The Smart fortwo seems like a perfect candidate for the electric makeover, and with a href=http://jalopnik.com/5130390/tesla-to-supply-battery-packs-for-the-smart-evTesla lending its expertise/a to the project, we all expected an impressive showing. But to be honest, we’re not thrilled./p pThe fortwo is a tiny, tiny car, and we’re sort of surprised it took so long to be fitted with electric guts. But the Tesla-Smart version still only has a range of 100 miles, and promises to cost even more than the gas or diesel versions, which already retail for about $20,000. Our brothers at a href=http://jalopnik.com/5130390/tesla-to-supply-battery-packs-for-the-smart-evJalopnik/a estimate this version will come in even pricier. It’s got a ton of power, since it’s featuring the same motor and gearbox as the Tesla Roadster, but in this kind of car we’d expect to see a little economy of power rather than superfast acceleration. [a href=http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/04/24/video-driving-a-tesla-powered-smart/AutoblogGreen/a]/p br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b40401b18c284162960172f24cc67b03amp;p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=b40401b18c284162960172f24cc67b03amp;p=1//adiv class=feedflare a href=http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7nfpgdGuVy0:6HhhvxKrJmg:H0mrP-F8Qgoimg src=http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo border=0/img/a a href=http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7nfpgdGuVy0:6HhhvxKrJmg:yIl2AUoC8zAimg src=http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA border=0/img/a a href=http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7nfpgdGuVy0:6HhhvxKrJmg:D7DqB2pKExkimg src=http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=7nfpgdGuVy0:6HhhvxKrJmg:D7DqB2pKExk border=0/img/a a href=http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7nfpgdGuVy0:6HhhvxKrJmg:V_sGLiPBpWUimg src=http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=7nfpgdGuVy0:6HhhvxKrJmg:V_sGLiPBpWU border=0/img/a /divimg src=http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/7nfpgdGuVy0 height=1 width=1/
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Tesla-Smart Collaboration Produces Underwhelming Electric Car [Electric Cars]