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Nach Ford nun also auch GM:
Ab 2025 will der Hersteller nur noch Tesla's sogenannten nordamerikanischen Standard Stecker verbauen.

"But that's not a smart anymore!" is one of the most common criticisms of the smart #1.

In this article, I would like to explain why that is a good thing and what smart's idea behind it is. Because especially the smart fortwo electric drive has a very big problem for smart and the fortwo cannot solve it alone. That's why the smart #1, #3 and future vehicles in general are coming.

The preview image of the article already shows the problem ...

The second model in the smart # family is slowly approaching. Prices have now been announced in China and deliveries in China will start in early June. Reason enough to take a closer look and prepare for the market launch in Europe.

I have my own public charging station with 2x 22 kW, the first and currently only public charging station in my village.

Now I'm being asked more and more often whether it's worth it, how the billing works and all sorts of things related to the topic. Of course, my charging station is a "Eichrechtskonform" charging station as it needs to be in Germany. The type of charging station is also used quite regularly in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. In this article, I would like to tell you exactly how it all works.

My little smart electric drive is already 10 years old. It was ordered by my parents out of curiosity in 2012 and then received it in 2013. At a time when there were not even 10,000 electric cars on German roads.
At the beginning of 2016 it became the first car of my own and the reason for my enthusiasm for the smart brand.

In this article I dedicate myself to the 275,000 km old smart ED and tell what happened during this time.

Neben dem CCS-Standard will Ford Tesla's proprietären Stecker ab 2025 an deren Fahrzeugen verbauen. Das bedeutet, es gibt zig Adapter und Fahrzeuge haben möglicherweise mehr als nur einen Ladeanschluss.

Kostengünstiger waren Elektro-LKWs schon vor dem Megawatt Charging. Aber noch nicht gleich schnell wieder voll.

In the test report, I had already teased that the charging performance and, above all, the charging curve of the smart #1 is really phenomenal. Now I already drove 6,000 km through Germany and would like to go into more detail about the charging curve and the battery.

Quantron präsentiert stolz einen Wasserstoff-LKW mit 1.500 km Reichweite. Dazu hat das gute Stück Platz für 108 Liter Wasserstoff. Es gibt außerdem eine Variante mit 54 Liter und 750 km, etwas, was auch vollelektrische LKWs heute bereits schaffen.

Schnellladesäulen brauchen meist einen eigenen Trafo um genug Leistung zu bekommen. Anbieter wie ADS-TEC Energy haben daher Ladesäulen mit Akkuspeicher im Angebot. Diese können die Energie puffern und dann abgeben, wenn geladen wird.

Now that smart has finally delivers a CCS-capable car with the #1, smart drivers can also enjoy the Tesla Supercharger.

But how does it actually work?
How much does it cost and how do you unlock them?
What to look out for?

All these questions will be answered in this article.

I've had my smart BRABUS #1 for almost two weeks now and have driven a good 2,500 km already. Including through France to Paris. In addition, a wide variety of people have ridden it in the meantime and given further feedback.

Time to see how the smart BRABUS #1 does.

smart has just introduced the new smart #3. This is the second vehicle in smart's new #-family and even if it looks like just a hatchback version of the #1, some things have already been further developed. The #3 is a more luxurious version of the #1.

I have already dug through the Chinese press material and prepared the latest information and pictures for you in this article.

Einen vollelektrischen Mustang mit 1,3 MW an Motorleistung braucht kein Mensch. Aber es ist ne sau coole Sache.

smart is 25 years old and already has a remarkable history: The fourth generation of the smart fortwo is now fully electric and very few people know that Tesla played a major role. With the 25th birthday on the occasion, let's look at the four generations.

Eigentlich bin ich kein Fan davon mit dem Finger auf einzelne Leute zu zeigen. Und ja ich weis, Herr Musk wurde schon oft für verrückt erklärt. Er wird seit mindestens 30 Jahren regelmäßig für seine Ideen belächelt.

The time has finally come: The first smart #1 are beeing delivered to customers and on April 1, smart China published the first pictures of a presumed smart fortwo.

In addition, smart China has already reached the first milestone. In this article you can find out how production capacities are increasing and what that means for European customers.

Blockiergebühren an der Ladesäule sind grundsätzlich sinnvoll und hier ist warum.

The rumor mill is churning again and it seems to be getting clearer and clearer: The smart #3 will be presented on April 17, 2023 in China at the Shanghai Motor Show.

The first design sketches have now appeared. Reason enough to prepare for the premiere and see what we already know. Apart from high-resolution images, we don't seem to be missing a lot.

Autos mit großer Reichweite haben gerne auch viel PS

Das kann man nun auf links drehen und als Problem vermarkten. Denn jeder weis doch vom Verbrenner, dass viel PS auch einen hohen Verbrauch bedeuten und damit alles andere als Ökologische Autos hervorbringen.