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Headline: New Smart model to be 'UK's smallest electric car'
Caption: New Smart model to be 'UK's smallest electric car’. Smart has unveiled a new model that is set to be the smallest electric car in the UK when it launches next year. The original Smart was a curiosity on British roads when it first appeared in the late 1990s, as it was roughly half the length of a normal car. The fourth-generation of its Fourtwo line looks set to be even more minuscule, following its reveal at an event in Beijing. The vehicle, named the Smart #2 in line with the company’s current naming strategy, is designed to deliver what the brand describes as “uncompromised urban capability”. Wolfgang Ufer, chief executive of Smart Europe, said the new car is a “reinvention” of the brand’s eye-catching original vehicle. At under 2.8 metres in length, it is larger than the Citroën Ami or Microlino ‘bubble car’, but these are officially classified as electric quadricycles. Despite its compact size, the new Smart vehicle is expected to offer a range of up to 300 kilometres, with rapid charging capabilities that mean it can go from from 10% to 80% power in under 20 minutes.
Keywords: Motoring,Smart,model,small,electric car,new model,UK,roads,fourth-generation,Fourtwo,minuscule,event,Beijing,vehicle,Smart #2,Wolfgang Ufer,Citroën Ami,Microlino,rapid charging,technology
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