The launch of the smart #1 finally happened this week after a long gestation period that started way back in early 2022, when Proton signed a memorandum with smart to be the EV brand’s distributor in Malaysia and Thailand. The first media preview happened in July before the #1’s public debut at EVx in the same month. After that, the Brabus version was previewed in October.
But the smart #1 is now in showrooms, and you can take one home from RM189,000 for the Pro single-motor. The Premium single-motor goes for RM219,000, while high-performance Brabus dual-motor range-topper goes for a reasonable RM249,000. You’re getting a lot of EV for your money, as Hafriz Shah points out in the video below.
Here’s the gist of it. The new smart is an EV-only brand owned by Geely and Mercedes-Benz. The smart #1 sits on Geely’s Sustainable Electric Architecture (SEA) but the design was done by Mercedes-Benz, which is pretty obvious actually.
The #1 is powered by a single rear motor with 272 PS (200 kW) and 343 Nm of torque going to the rear wheels. That’s good for a 0-100 km/h sprint time of 6.7 seconds. Top speed is capped at 180 km/h. The high-performance #1 Brabus adds on a front motor to make it AWD, 428 PS (315 kW), 543 Nm and 3.9 seconds in the benchmark sprint.
The #1’s battery is a 66-kWh lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC) unit providing 440 km of WLTP-rated range (Brabus 400 km). The maximum charge rate is 150 kW DC, which means that if paired to a compatible fast charger, the #1’s battery can go from 10-80% state of charge (SoC) in 30 minutes.
That’s decent, but it’s in daily AC charging that the #1 stands out – with 22 kW AC (most rivals max out at 11 kW), going from 10-80% SoC takes just three hours. This gives added flexibility to the owner – imagine having a long lunch and your EV is fully charged, without paying DC rates. There are many other unique things in #1, such as a thumping Beats sound system, an elaborate song and light show, and even a fox ‘living’ in the touchscreen.
Watch the video tour of the smart #1 above and tell us what you think of this funky EV. Full details here.
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Wah, same price as a Tesla Model 3
Best part it has AACP
Kete murah bhaii. Org giler je pi sokong PN..
Tesla multimedia is way more advanced than AACP. If really die hard want AACP, can always install AACP with oem lcd display. They are plenty in the markete.
This smart #1 is making many traditional car resellers having sleepless nights by just reading those comments here.
Bish please. I don’t feel threatened by this mere chinese product at all
As expected, with that price range only the top variant sells well.
As they already mentioned, “60% of orders being for the top performance mode”.
https://paultan.org/2023/11/21/smart-malaysia-2024-sales-target-1-bookings-brabus-most-popular/
RIP on arrival. Better get Tesla. Haha
Get this If AACP is paramount important to you.
RIP on arrival2. Better get Tesla. Haha
Baik beli tesla. This one looks wierd with its china design. Go read Uk review on this, it scored badly.
RIP! Better get a Tesla.
Umm chille. Why would i get this over Model 3?
Was initially interested and wanted schedule a test drive. But salesmen said must place booking deposit first before can test drive. I’m like seriously WTF. Anyway to test drive this car without paying deposit?
I test drove mine during a car show exhibition. If they as for booking before test drive, I would not have test drive at all.
You bought this? Eww
can tell them bye bye