The Smart Fortwo electric drive (or smart ed) is a battery electric vehicle variant of

the Smart Fortwo city car, formerly marketed as the Smart Fortwo EV. Field testing
began in London with 100 units in 2007. The second generation was introduced in
2009 and was available in 18 markets around the world for leasing or through the
Car2Go carsharing service in selected cities, with over 2,300 units delivered.[1][2]
[3][4] A near production version was unveiled at the September 2011 Frankfurt
Motor Show.[5]

Deliveries of the third generation Smart began in in the U.S. and Europe from May
2013, and Smart plans to mass-produce the electric car with availability in 30
markets worldwide.[4][6][7] More than 8,800 units of the second and third
generation Smart ED have been sold in North America and Europe between 2009
and June 2014,[3][8][9] of which, over 6,500 units are third generation variants.[8]
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The second generation was introduced in 2009 to 18 markets with the objective to
gather experience about how customers use and charge electric vehicles. Daimler
initially planned to build 1,000 vehicles, but as demand exceeded the companys
expectations, more than 2,000 Smart Fortwo electric drive cars were produced. The
electric cars were available for leasing or through the Car2Go carsharing service in
San Diego, Amsterdam and Vancouver.[1][11][12][13] Production of the secondgeneration Smart Fortwo electric drive began in November 2009 in Smartville,
Hambach, France. The Smart EDs have a lithium-ion battery provided by Tesla
Motors with capacity of 14 kilowatt-hours (50 MJ). The range of a fully charged
battery is up to 135 kilometres (84 miles) under the New European Driving Cycle
(NEDC) cycle.[14][15]
Smart Fortwo "electric drive" badge.

As part of a three-phase roll-out program, phase two began with field testing in
Berlin in December 2009 with 100 units out of 300 that will be deploy in Germany.
[16][17] For phase two 1,500 cars were produced, and field tested in Hamburg,
Paris, Rome, Milan, Pisa, London, the English Midlands, Madrid, Zurich, Portugal,
Denmark, the Czech Republic, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands during the first
half of 2010.[14] In October 2010, 250 units were made available for field testing in
several cities in the United States. Testing also was conducted in Canada; and in
2011 in selected markets in Asia.[1][14]
2011 Smart ED frontal view
2011 Smart ED rear view

Phase three of the program is mass production, which was scheduled to begin with
the 2012 model year. In the United States sales were scheduled to begin in 2012
with the 2013 model year.[1][2] On July 2011 an agreement was reached between
Daimler AG and Robert Bosch GmbH to develop and produce innovative traction
motors for electric vehicles. Based on this joint venture, Daimler planned to use the
improved traction motors with the new generation of Smart electric drive cars
scheduled to go on sale in 2012.[18]