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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]

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If you didn’t already have enough electric and plug-in hybrid cars on your shopping list for next year, make sure you add pair of offerings from the reborn Detroit Electric to the running. The company (which, naturally, isn’t based in Detroit) has already announced a partnership with Malaysian automotive group Proton (owner of Lotus , responsible for much of the Tesla Roadster’s underpinnings), and the two are now providing a few details of the offerings set to launch throughout next year in Europe, China, the UK, and the US. Two versions of the e63 model will be available, seemingly distinguished only by how far they can go before stranding you. The so-called “city range” model is rated for 112 miles to a charge and will sell for under $26,000, while the “extended range” version pushes that distance up to 200 miles — and the price up to $33,000. MSRP for that radical ZAP Alias the company has been teasing you with for years? Nowhere to be found, naturally. [Via Financial Times ] Filed under: Transportation Proton and Detroit Electric detail their forthcoming rechargeable offerings originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments

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