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Smart seems to be slowly teasing how the smart SUV Concepts is going to look like. The brand is going to present it at the IAA 2021 in Munich.

Together with Geely, smart wants to deliver the first vehicles to customers in 2022. A tight schedule, which is why the first binding decisions have to be made now. In addition, the brand must try to take their fan base with them.


A study as a preview of what is to come

A total of 3 pictures are being teased now: A sketch, a darkened view of the front and…

Some readers asked for it and now the time has finally come: With the support of smart eMotion, Steinbauer developed a tuningkit for the smart EQ. I have been using the finished product since two weeks now and of course I would like to tell you how it handles.
Anyone who knows the 4th generation smart electric drive, knows that this little city runabout has already an incredible acceleration coming from the factory. Between 0 - 50 km/h, it's faster than almost everything that everyday life has…

The smartEQfortwo as a snow clearing and street gritting vehicle. What sounds strange at first is actually regularly used by various snow plowing services in Germany. It all started back in 2010, when snow was still moved with a conventional combustion engine smart cars.
Since winter 2020/21, all-electric smartEQfortwo have also been equipped with snow plows. There are also rear gritters to make the smart plow truck complete. Everything is Made in Germany and also has full street approval.
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2020 smart became the world's first conventional manufacturer to convert to an electric car brand. The brand had already discontinued the diesel at the end of 2014 and now also the gas engine. This means that smart is now on par with Tesla.
As we fans have already noticed, the change takes it's time, there is no immediate success. But the joint venture with Geely should change that soon.

It took Tesla many years before they had any success to show off. At smart things should go a little faster,…

The smart ED3 accelerates already very well from the factory, but it gets even better with the 95 PS Tuning from the Brabus. This also brings the Brabus Sport mode. Since the smart ED3 and the smart Brabus ED3 got the same powertrain, the tuning can be easily performed via a software update. With the Brabus Tuning, your smart ED3 also drives 5 km / h faster.

In this blog post you will learn how to get the Brabus software in your smart ED3.

It is particularly pleasant that the Brabus software can…

Who followed smart eMotion already for a while, knows that I drive a lot and maybe already heard about my 200,000 km old smart ED3. I have been driving the newer model since 2018 and have already covered over 50,000 km in the first 12 months, due to Corona the next 50,000 km then took 16 months.

Now my little smartEQfortwo, as the first in the world, has now reached the 100,000 km:

• What did it experience during this time?
• How is the battery doing?
• What were the scheduled services and where any

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The battery of the smart ED3 very reliable and robust, however, it still can fail some times. In the following I would like to list everything that is available and how to repair or replace it:

• Desiccant cartridge
• Bricked from an accident
• Deep discharge (P18051C)
• Current sensor
• Battery cells & module replacement
• HV contractors

You will also find useful additional information on how to prevent these defects. Should something break, you can find suitable used parts in the Shop, there you will also find…

The Deutsche Accumotive GmbH & Co. KG has set a major milestone with the E18-1. With the first made in Germany battery cells that where used in a series production vehicle, they build a battery pack, that's truly developed and made in Germany. For 2012, it's performance date is impressive:

• Continuous output: 42 kW (2.4 C)
• Peak power: 63 kW (3.5 C)
• Energy content: 17.6 kWh
• Nominal voltage: 400 V
• Weight: 175 kg

The battery pack can be cooled and also heated via a fluid based thermal management. It…

The 3rd generation smart electric drive is a very robust car. Usually it reaches 200,000 km without any noteworthy problems, neither it's high-voltage technology nor general.
For workshops, there is hardly anything to do that they are not familiar with from normal cars already. The high-voltage technology is practically maintenance-free and things like brakes, steering and suspension are nothing new for them. With this blog post I want to take away the fear from the independent workshops of…

Anyone who knows the 3rd generation smart electric drive, knows that this little city runabout has already an incredible acceleration coming from the factory. Between 0 - 50 km / h, it's faster than almost everything that everyday life has to offer. And that despite the fact that it's performance is always limited. The built-in electric motor from EM-motive GmbH can achieve a full 80kW, but is limited to 55kW in the smart (60 kW for Brabus).

There are two versions of the tuning kit:

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Who has been following smart eMotion for a while, knows that the smart electric drive has no problems with high mileage. My own smart ED3 reached the 200,000 km in November 2018 and still has 90 % of it's battery capacity remaining after 2,000 cycles.
At that time I already predicted that it would not be the HV technology that's going to eventually quiet its service. Was I right? What broke in the last 200,000 km?


At first I would like to thank Oliver and his wife for this phenomenal achievement:…

When Brusa brought their NLG663 back in 2012 to the market, they where the first company to build a 22kW charger in series production. Back then, other manufactures where only able to fit 11kW in the same volume. The smart ED3 was the first electric vehicle to be equipped with it. A special feature of the 22kW charger is its high efficiency and its quiet operation, it also has a galvanic isolation between mains and HV battery and is VDE certified. That's also why it's being used in the 2.000 PS…

Smart presents the comprehensive facelift of the smart EQ at the IAA 2019 in Frankfurt. The smart is more colorful and leans on the ur-smart. What changed exactly you will learn here.

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"Adult design for a new era coolly reduced design with distinctive, powerful wheel arches, short overhangs and customizable accents, the new generation of the exterior is typically smart," is what smart is describing it. Especially eye-catching, the full-LED…

That my smart still has 90% capacity remaining is already known. But I still have been interested in the conditions under which it got them. The battery management system (BMS) is responsible for the battery and it may be that it begins to be extra careful with the battery, thus limiting performance and / or longevity.

The full experience report as well as a detailed cost and repair list can be found here: 200,000km with the smart electric drive

In Germany a reader's letter by a smart ED3 owner causes a stir:
"The battery, of my smart 451, is now defective after five years. The cost for the exchange is 17,000 euros plus VAT, the delivery date is approximately in September. The little one is now a total economic loss. I'll put him in the garden, plant a few flowers in it and drive my diesel to work again"

Of course, that's a topic you are only interested in, if you actually bought the battery at that time (4.770 € surcharge). The vast…

In 2019 we won the season. To do this, we had to prevail against the other teams in Andorra, Hungary, Germany, France and Spain. While we were relying on the Tesla Model S abroad, we drove the three races in Germany (Schauinsland hill climb, night race at Hockenheimring, Oscherlseben 24-hour race) with two smarties: My 2018 smart EQ and a 2014 smart ED


What is the ecoGP about?

The ecoGP is organized by Rafael de Mestre. As he drove already two times around the world with his Tesla, he knows that…

The 4th generation smart electric drive is based heavily on the Renault Zoe and that's why we had to wait a year until the 22kW charger became available. What took them so long was optimizing it to German standards.

After a good 5 years, our smart electric drive went already over 200,000km. We are still excited about how little maintenance and how much fun you can have with a car. In this post I would like to tell you about the highlights and why it is an entry-level drug.

This test report was taken over from my old website, in the meantime the smart ED has been renamed to smart EQ. The smart EQ is identical to the smart ED (from model year 2017 upwards) only the name has changed. At the time of publication, it was still called ED, so it will here be referred to ED.

Let's start with a tongue twister, the radar-assisted recuperation
First, of course, it immediately stands out that it looks very different than his predecessor and as we later realize, it is. The new…

Dieser Testbericht wurde von meiner alten Webseite übernomen, zwischenzeitlich wird die elektrische B-Klasse nichtmehr gebaut.
Am Wochenende vom 28. bis zum 30. Oktober 2016 hat mir dankenswerter Weise S&G Pforzheim Mercedes electric drive B-Klasse zur Verfügung gestellt.

Meine doch gemischten Gefühle und Erlebnisse möchte ich hier mit Euch teilen und etwas über das Autos erzählen und auch darauf ein gehen, wie Mercedes mit der electric drive B-Klasse um geht und warum ich sie beim besten…