Since Mercedes-Benz is our parent company, this seemed to be the appropriate place for this little thread... I'm a proud and very happy owner of a 2015 Smart Fortwo EV Cabriolet (an 'artsy' photo of 'Stewart' is below.) I purchased mine coming off lease from Mercedes in July for a mere $8000 with only 7,000 miles and I couldn't be more pleased with it. It's my primary commuter vehicle, and I usually drive around 40-50 miles on an average day. No range anxiety, and I've found that I can routinely get nearly 70-80 miles on a single charge in local, city driving. To make things even better, my employer offers free Chargepoint chargers at our office, so I enjoy this little perk when I plug in each day at work. After six months driving a full EV, I don't think I'd ever choose to go back to an ICE vehicle for my daily commute. There have to be a few more Smart EV owners here - if so, check in and tell us a bit about your Smart, how you drive it, and how you like it. Cheers! Scott C. - Birmingham, Alabama
We just leased a 2018 Smart EQ - we have the Passion (mid-level) trim, with heated seats and steering wheel, and so far, so good! It is so nimble, and it scoots!
Hi, I’m from UK Just ordered a Smart EQ Nightsky Edition There is likely to be a long wait (factory delays) Will report when I get it.
Currently own a 3 year old Smart ForTwo turbo. I figured that as I only do about 2 miles a day, the EQ might just have enough charge for a week or so. My other car is a Renault Clio v6 3.0 RWD so electric is certainly going to be a quiet change.
I think the Smart EQ is a good fit - the worst range in the winter is probably 45 miles, so 2 miles a day for a week or more is totally doable.
Look what I found. I was poking around wondering what the EQS would be like. I was curious why there wasn't a forum for smart ED's and found this. We have a 2013 cabrio in white with apple candy green trim. We got it on Sept 5, 2015 with 1000km on it and now has 43k+. In November 2018 some do-hickey in the charging system broke down and we got an estimate of $6k (CDN) to repair it. The dealer from whom I bought it did not have the competence for the repair so it was sent to a larger shop. It finally came out of repair at the end of January but, I still don't know why, MB picked up a portion of the repair so it ended up around $1800. Usually we go to Thailand from mid January to mid April so we store the car. As soon as it gets a bit cold the range really drops, with our use it really isn't too much of an inconvenience. The thing that I hate about EV's is that there are no independent shops that can service them.
