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smart Coffee Table Book - Always Unconventional

For smart's 25th anniversary, there is not only a special edition, but also an entire coffee table book. It will be available soon and I already had the opportunity to take a closer look at it this week.

In this article you will find out what this great collector's item contains and why smart spent six months creating the book.
Moritz L.
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World premiere of the 25th Anniversary Edition smart #3

Today the smart 25th Anniversary Edition celebrates its world premiere. With it, smart not only celebrates the market launch of the #3 in Europe, but also the 25th anniversary of the brand.
Reason enough to take a look at the history of smart and take a closer look at the 25th Anniversary Edition.
Moritz L.
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European premiere: smart #3 prices and equipment

Together with the European premiere of the smart #3, smart is finally announcing the prices and equipment. The price of the smart #3 is interesting, so that it even competes directly with the smart #1. The first deliveries are announced for early 2024.
Moritz L.
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50,000 km with the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG electric drive

In 2013, Mercedes Benz presented the SLS AMG electric drive and thus the technical pinnacle of e-mobility at the time. Not only at Mercedes, but worldwide. But how is this car doing after 10 years and over 50,000 km?

The car was limited to 9 unites and was sold only to selected customers. I was lucky enough to experience what is probably the only Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG electric drive live, which has already cracked 50,000 km, and was be able to talk to its owner about his experiences with the car.

In this article, I would like to take a closer look at the SLS AMG electric drive and report on how it does after 50,000 km.
Moritz L.
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Cycle-proof flywheel storage instead of battery storage?

In order to stabilize our power grid and still make fast charging possible everywhere, we need storage solutions. But rechargeable batteries are expensive, die after a few thousand cycles and accordingly they are no solution.
At least that's how ZOOZ Power sees it and therefore has a new approach. Instead of batteries, they simply have flywheels. These can be accelerated to 17,000 revolutions per minute. Regaining the power is achieved by slowing them down again and using the motor as generator. The system is said to be significantly more cycle-resistant and significantly cheaper in the medium and long term.

I had the chance to let ZOOZ Power Germany show me such a storage system and explain it to me. It's an exciting topic and you can find my thoughts on it in this article.
Moritz L.

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smart ED3 17.6kWh battery repair (feat. P18051C / bricked BMS)

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…
Moritz L.

Type 2 in detail - how does it actually work?

It is common knowledge that all modern electric cars can charge with Type 2 or Type 1. This is a standardized plug that works across manufacturers.

But what exactly is it that makes it so special? How does it work and why did Mennekes take the trouble to develop it instead of simply charging all cars with a household socket? I would like to outline that in this article and if you want to go deeper, you will find many links to the smart eMotion Wiki. With the documentation there, you can effectively build a wallbox yourself or use it to build a tester to check wallboxes and charging stations.

But don't worry, the article itself is very general and shows even beginners how it works.
Moritz L.
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Retrofitting the 22 kW charger

It was the year 2012 and my parents didn't know any better: They had ordered our first smart ED and did not order the 22 kW charger. It's expensive and you don't need it in a city car anyway. That was their though

How often have we been bothered about our wrong decision in the meantime. But that is finally over. A few weeks ago I retrofitted the 22 kW charger in our smart and I would now like to tell you how you do that and what it costs.
Moritz L.
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Tune the smart EQ and Twingo ZE to 95 PS and > 140 km/h or simply make it regenerate more

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…
Moritz L.

Repairing an electric smart car

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…
Moritz L.

22kW Charger - BRUSA NLG664 Teardown & Error Analysis

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…
Moritz L.

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