Smart Forease celebrates its 20th anniversary with an electric and roofless prototype
Smart Forease celebrates its 20th anniversary with an electric and roofless prototype
Smart celebrates its 20th anniversary with an electric and roofless prototype that will be presented at the next Paris Motor Show. The Smart Forease proposes a simple solution for urban mobility in the open and with zero emissions. The open character and the minimalist style with which it has been designed is a tribute to the design studios that were presented before: the Smart Crossblade in 2001 and the Forspeed in 2011.
Smart Forease
One of the peculiarities of the Smart Forease is that it has no ceiling. The windshield is also smaller and the rear part is completely redesigned.
In the same way as previous prototypes did, the Smart Forease flees from the conventional, as the "norm" that says that vehicles must have a roof. The Forease does not have it. Just as its short windshield does not protect too much from the wind on the face. In this way Smart designers have wanted to capture the pleasure of driving in the open and with little protection against the wind. The use of sunglasses is highly recommended ...
As it is an urban car, the Forease does not lose the classic maneuverability offered by all the Smart, with the best range of turn of the market and with a small size to take advantage of the slightest gap for parking or browsing in the busy streets of the city. city.
Smart Forease
It is a completely electric model. The brand wants to sell only electric propulsion models in the coming years.
Painted in metallic white with the tridion cell in matt silver and some details in green "stream", this prototype adds some design elements to your body that we had not seen before in a Smart. Roof and windshield apart, the handles are perfectly integrated into the doors, headlights and rear lights of new design that could be seen in future generations of small urban, a rear with a spoiler-shaped tailgate and a large diffuser in the low zone or the new more aerodynamic bumpers.
The interior is based on that of a current Fortwo but to which it adds some futuristic details that maybe we can see in future models. I'm not talking precisely about the flying medium, but about the two digital indicators located on the upper part of the dashboard that replace the two classic aerators.
Smart Forease
The interior is practically the same as that of a Smart Forwo. Change the cut steering wheel and the two digital indicators on the dashboard.
The Smart Forease is based on the Smart EQ Fortwo Cabrio series model, so in principle it should be suitable for driving. It is fully electric and equipped with the same engine as the standard model, ie a synchronous electric motor of 60 kW (81 hp) and a lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 17.6 kWh that would allow it to travel around 160 km .
According to the statement sent by Smart, since 2017 in the US, Canada and Norway only Smart with electric propulsion are sold. As of 2020, Smart will exclusively have vehicles with electric propulsion also in Germany and Western Europe. The idea is to extend this policy of fully electrifying its range to the rest of the world in the coming years.
Smart Forease
One of the peculiarities of the Smart Forease is that it has no ceiling. The windshield is also smaller and the rear part is completely redesigned.
In the same way as previous prototypes did, the Smart Forease flees from the conventional, as the "norm" that says that vehicles must have a roof. The Forease does not have it. Just as its short windshield does not protect too much from the wind on the face. In this way Smart designers have wanted to capture the pleasure of driving in the open and with little protection against the wind. The use of sunglasses is highly recommended ...
As it is an urban car, the Forease does not lose the classic maneuverability offered by all the Smart, with the best range of turn of the market and with a small size to take advantage of the slightest gap for parking or browsing in the busy streets of the city. city.
Smart Forease
It is a completely electric model. The brand wants to sell only electric propulsion models in the coming years.
Painted in metallic white with the tridion cell in matt silver and some details in green "stream", this prototype adds some design elements to your body that we had not seen before in a Smart. Roof and windshield apart, the handles are perfectly integrated into the doors, headlights and rear lights of new design that could be seen in future generations of small urban, a rear with a spoiler-shaped tailgate and a large diffuser in the low zone or the new more aerodynamic bumpers.
The interior is based on that of a current Fortwo but to which it adds some futuristic details that maybe we can see in future models. I'm not talking precisely about the flying medium, but about the two digital indicators located on the upper part of the dashboard that replace the two classic aerators.
Smart Forease
The interior is practically the same as that of a Smart Forwo. Change the cut steering wheel and the two digital indicators on the dashboard.
The Smart Forease is based on the Smart EQ Fortwo Cabrio series model, so in principle it should be suitable for driving. It is fully electric and equipped with the same engine as the standard model, ie a synchronous electric motor of 60 kW (81 hp) and a lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 17.6 kWh that would allow it to travel around 160 km .
According to the statement sent by Smart, since 2017 in the US, Canada and Norway only Smart with electric propulsion are sold. As of 2020, Smart will exclusively have vehicles with electric propulsion also in Germany and Western Europe. The idea is to extend this policy of fully electrifying its range to the rest of the world in the coming years.
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