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July 11, 2008
The latest news rolling out of Daimler (as in the Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler) plans to roll out a Mercedes-Benz model that runs completely on electricity in 2010. Daimler’s chief executive said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Dieter Zetsche was quoted saying “We plan an electric Smart for 2010 and for the same year a Mercedes (electric) model as well,”
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April 13, 2008
2008 smart fortwo – NHTSA side impact crash test
With all the recent stories about unplanned wrecked Exotics like the Ferrari F50 or the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, there’s also the planned crashes.What’s a planned crash? Well, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, does them all the time. They generally involve reasonably priced cars with no occupants however. In this case, with reports of doors opening, maybe all Smart vehicles will be accidents with no occupants.Reuters is running the story about the new-for-the-US Smart Minicar from Daimler AG. While the video does not show any doors opening, On the NHTSA’s website, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that the driver’s door unlatched and opened during a side-impact crash test of the model. Nonetheless, the Smart car got 5 out of 5 stars for its ability to protect occupants during the very same side crashes. It won 4 stars for sheltering drivers and 3 stars for passengers during head-on crashes.
Daimler was not available for comment apparently.
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