Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Today, read our first impressions of the 2017 Smart ForTwo Electric Drive, see why the U.S. may be experiencing a hatchback renaissance, and find out the Environmental Protection Agency's goals for ethanol in 2017. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 6, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Chrysler confirms two future plug-in hybrid models, the new Smart ForTwo slides in Sweden, and the Nissan e-NV200 electric van enters production in Spain. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 31, 2015

Today, we''ve got a first drive of the European-spec version of the 2016 Smart ForTwo, a report that the 2016 Chevrolet Volt is already in pre-production, and a consumer survey that says Tesla Model S owners love their cars more than anyone else. Today in Car News' All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We continue our coverage from the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show with a preview video of the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid, and the debuts of the 2017 Smart ForTwo Cabrio and Nissan Gripz hybrid crossover concept. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Check out our preview video of the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: A Lexus RC 300h hybrid coupe will debut at the Tokyo Motor Show, the Fiat 500 may try to match MINI by offering more model variations, and we have more details on the 2015 Smart ForTwo. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 15, 2014

Today''s news is all about realism. A new ad for the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive.' A study estimates the cost of making hydrogen competitive with gasoline, a GM executive puts the Cadillac ELR in perspective, and a hybrid garbage truck reminds us that not just passenger cars produce greenhouse-gas emissions.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 23, 2017

Today, we've got news on the Jaguar I-Pace and a future all-electric Nissan crossover utility concept, we look at how DC fast charging will evolve, and the role of cities in pushing for green cars proves to be important. The 2017 Smart ForTwo Electric Drive will start at $24,550 for the two-seat coupe, and.

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Green Cars News

JULY 17, 2014

Smart has revealed its all-new fortwo and forfour model as the brand prepares for launch this autumn. As one of the world’s best known city cars, fans of the car will be pleased to known that the new fortwo model retains its compact dimensions, sized at just 2.69 metres long (3.49 metres for the f[.].

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 15, 2023

That got me wondering -- what is the worst factory-new car you've ever driven? In the 15-ish years I've been doing this, I think the very first Smart ForTwo takes the cake, not because of its diminutive size but because of its terrible transmission. Some of them went so far as to suggest that the car wasn't safe for sale.

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Green Cars News

JULY 17, 2013

An electric smart fortwo cabrio model became the 1.5 millionth smart fortwo car to be produced at the carmaker’s plant in Hambach, Germany this week. The plant reaches the milestone just before a summer break begins for almost two months through July and August to allow for upgrades to the plant[.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 12, 2012

smart has gone into production with its new fortwo electric drive (ED) at its Hambach facilities in France. The electric model becomes the first, full production electric car built by a German brand and will make its first deliveries to customers in its native Germany from this summer, as order books open today (June 12, [.].

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The smart fortwo is to boast a new look and revised interior from this spring, with new leather and fabric mix seats and imitation leather door trims.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2015

Today, we have the 2016 Chevrolet Spark and 2016 Lexus RX 450h from the 2015 New York Auto Show, and news that Georgia will kill its electric-car tax incentive. Check out the redesigned 2016 Smart Fortwo. Today in Car News' All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

JULY 6, 2010

The Smart Fortwo is already established as one of the greenest cars around – but now it’s about to get even greener. To be launched in the autumn, the new version will feature engines with lower fuel consumption, as well as a fresh interior look and an upgraded exterior. With the 40kW cdi turbodiesel model, [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Since we once owned a silver smart fortwo cdi with black body panels, I’ve got to come down on the pro smart car side.[.]. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. Forgive me for saying so, but smart cars are a little bit like Marmite: you generally either love them to bits, or you can’t stand them. Electric cars smart'

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 21, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: The Nissan Micra minicar is now available in Canada, we cover what the 2014 Smart ForTwo Electric Drive is like on the road, and Land Rover trademarks the "Landy" name for a possible future small urban SUV. New data shows electric cars won''t be a problem for utilities. The Nissan.'

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 16, 2011

The spring of 2012 can’t come soon enough for fans of the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive, after Daimler revealed plans to introduce the third generation of the vehicle. It will be the first time the electric vehicles, which will be available in more than 30 markets worldwide, will boast battery packs from Deutsche Accumotive – [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 20, 2010

As smart prepares to celebrate 10 years of retailing right hand drive cars in the UK with its festival of all things smart announced earlier this week (see story), the diminutive carmaker is also launching a new special edition of its fortwo model to mark the occasion. The smart festival at Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge [.].

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 18, 2016

Today, London takes delivery of five electric double-decker buses, Car2Go pulls electric cars from San Diego, and more new green cars debuting at the 2016 New York Auto Show. Car2Go will replace its San Diego fleet of electric Smart Fortwo city cars with gasoline models, owing to lack of charging.

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Green Cars News

MAY 10, 2011

Smart’s urban stage tour has reached London’s South Bank this week where the diminutive car maker is offering visitors the chance to test drive its fortwo electric drive-one of the first electric cars to go on sale in the UK. The pop-up event is currently at Doon Street in London, just behind the National Theatre, [.].

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Green Car Reports

JULY 8, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Our resident Tesla Model S owner weighs in on the BMW i3, we learn more about the upcoming all-new Smart ForTwo minicar, and we offer advice on the best way to ride long distances on electric motorcycles. All this and more on Green Car Reports. How does a Tesla Model S driver assess the BMW i3 hatchback?

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Green Cars News

JULY 25, 2009

The Smart Fortwo is renowned as one of the most economical vehicles around, but now it will get an injection of power too. For the model year 2010, Daimler has given the Smart Fortwo CDI a 21 per cent boost in power as well as around 18 per cent more torque. Just as before, it consumes 3.4litres per 100 kilometres - 69mpg.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 7, 2010

The Smart Fortwo electric vehicle will soon be part of one of the biggest rental fleets in the world after an agreement was reached between Smart USA and the Hertz Corporation. The vehicles will be introduced at car sharing and rent-a-car locations in New York; Washington, DC; and San Francisco, California with the vehicle placements [.].

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 8, 2024

That means I refuse to play the marketers' clever games with the Nissan LEAF, smart fortwo, Volkswagen up! Get the latest& news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by& subscribing to our& newsletter. department. 2007 Mini Cooper S in Colorado junkyard.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 21, 2015

Today we look at why diesel engines are selling well in luxury SUVs and crossovers, Smart''s plan to keep the old Electric Drive model in the new 2016 Fortwo lineup, and Polaris'' acquisition of Brammo''s electric-motorcycle business. There''s a new player in the world of electric motorcycles, as Polaris takes.'

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Teslarati

APRIL 5, 2022

In February 2020, Mercedes Benz issued a recall in one 2019 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive vehicle. “We understand NHTSA’s latest request is a follow-up procedure to determine if the same or similar batteries involved in the recalls were supplied to other OEMs,” LGES said in a statement to Detroit News.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 26, 2009

Now however, Smart is determined to change that perception with a more stylish, special Fortwo model. The new vehicle will be characterised by high quality equipment and fine materials, as well as an unusual appearance. Tags: Green cars smart smart fortwo Smart Fortwo edition highstyle.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Our hearts sink a little every time we discover news of an electric car fire. Reports of an electric Smart ForTwo going up in flames at a home in Florida brought all those thoughts flooding back. Will others also go up in flames? Will the media turn it into an anti-EV frenzy, like they did with the Chevy Volt?

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

We've driven two of them here at GreenCarReports, in the form of the Europe-only Mercedes-Benz A-Class E-Cell, and the ForTwo Electric Drive, under Mercedes' sub-brand Smart. A third vehicle will join that stable, according to Automotive News. This time though, Mercedes.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 14, 2013

With the Renault Zoe and now the smart fortwo electric drive (ED) to launch in the year, the battery-powered car market could be about to open up to a whole new audience of buyers. With smart revealing the UK prices for its fortwo electric drive, [.]. Could 2013 be the year of the ‘affordable’ electric car?

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Green Cars News

JULY 19, 2010

The new generation of the Smart Fortwo, scheduled to be launched this autumn, will boast a number of green improvements compared to its predecessor. Indeed the optimised petrol engines will also set new CO2 lows with the [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 9, 2010

There’s now a smarter and electric way to drive in the US as the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive makes its debut in the country. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news smart Department of Energy smart fortwo Smart Fortwo ED Smart Fortwo Electric Drive Smart Fortwo electric vehicle Smart USA.

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Green Cars News

MAY 25, 2012

In total, its fleet of 3,375 smart fortwo and 625 smart fortwo [.]. Owned and operated by car giant, Daimler, the car2go service now operates in 12 cities through Europe and North America and now has over 100,000 registered members.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 26, 2013

Diminutive brand smart is about to become the first European brand to import a fully electric car into China, as it prepares to launch its smart fortwo electric drive (ED) in the country. smart China electric car smart fortwo'

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Around 300 Smart Fortwo vehicles will be made available as part of the initial scheme and they will be equipped [.]. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news smart Car2go Daimler Europcar Hamburg Mercedes-Benz smart fortwo.

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EV Sales

MARCH 25, 2021

Outside the Top 20, a mention to the Toyota RAV4 PHEV, as the Japanese maker continues to (slowly) ramp up the deliveries of its RAV4 PHEV model, reaching 1,444 units last month, a new record for the Japanese SUV. Will we see it on the table soon? 3 also improved its standing, climbing one position, to 4th.

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All Cars Electric

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Yesterday we heard the news that Mercedes-Benz will take over Smart car distribution in the United States from Penske Automotive Group. The independent dealer network had started distributing the Smart ForTwo in 2008 with a total of 77 dealers nationwide.

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