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Smart to produce electric scooters

Mercedes-owned car manufacturer to start production of battery-powered bikes

Posted: 14 July 2010
by Visordown News


CAR manufacturer Smart, known for its dinky four-wheelers, is to unveil a new electric-powered scooter at the Paris motor show in September, it has been revealed.

The new machine is to figure in company's future line-up of environmentally friendly vehicles.

"Smart was originally established to tackle the need for improved mobility, especially in congested city environments. Up to now we have concentrated our efforts on four-wheel solutions. The next stage is to looking at how to expand beyond this with other environmentally friendly vehicles,” a senior Mercedes-Benz official revealed to Autocar magazine.

It's believed the new Smart scooter could be produced in a number of different factories around the world if a production go-ahead is granted.

Mercedes-Benz, parent company to Smart, has recently agreed a multi-million pound deal with German energy supplier ENBW, which will see a batch of dedicated charging stations in and around the city of Stuttgart.

Earlier today, Visordown gave you the heads up on Yamaha's plans to evolve a strong zero-emission line-up over the coming years, starting with the EC-03.


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