Smart releases offcial pictures of their escooter concept

Smart has just released official pictures of their escooter concept. Looks wise, it sports LED lights, solar cells and a green/white paint scheme. The scooter uses a 48-volt lithium ion battery pack, which gives it an approximate range of 100 kilometres over a single charge. When juice does run out, a normal household socket could be used to recharge the batteries.

In terms of performance you can expect the scooter to reach a top speed of 45km/h, as it is driven by a disc shaped wheel hub motor in the rear wheel with an output of 4kW/5.3hp. Apart from the powertrain, Smart say that the chassis structure is based on the tridion safety cell of the Smart Fortwo”, with the use of swappable plastic body panels.

Other features available with the Smart escooter are anti lock brakes, Blind Spot Assist and an airbag that is tucked under the handle bar paneling. Just like the Mini E Scooter, the Smart escooter also has a compartment for an iPhone. It replaces the normal instrument panel and gives you speed, range, battery status and it can also act as a navigation system. An image gallery is available after the jump.

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Jacob Alexander

Jacob Mathew Alexander has been a motoring nut for as far as he can remember and has recently turned his passion into writing. After spending some time in the same industry in the UK, Jacob's work is from a slightly different perspective.

 

Comments

  • squawk on Sep 23, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    Good looking scooter. Don’t mind having one as a city roundabout.

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  • will-kill-for-exclusivity on Sep 23, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    nice looking indeed

    clean and no overly fussy details

    those mirrors can actually make it to the production model

    i hope the seat is more accommodating

    this one looks as if the person will simply slide down

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  • Jaybond on Sep 24, 2010 at 8:39 am

    Nice Scooter. Shoot and scoot.

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  • noticed the iphone 4 reception very low..hahaha

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  • campro on Sep 24, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    smart’s scooter VS mini’s scooter…who will win???

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  • Mancini on Sep 24, 2010 at 5:33 pm

    45kmh? mana sesuai pegi kerja, nak naik loke you kalau jalan clear kene duduk tepi laa

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  • even china’s made electric bicycle-motor is about rm 1k can go about 40 kmph… this one how much??

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