Smart EQ fortwo range and charging in daily use
A week of city driving on a 17.6 kWh battery.
- Answers
- What range does the Smart EQ fortwo get in the city?
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- Amsterdam · car · design · environment · experiment · lifestyle · mobility · office · review · work
- Full article on willem.com
- https://willem.com/en/2018-11-16_around-town-in-an-electric-car/
Summary
Driving the Smart EQ fortwo around town in 2018, I easily got 100 kilometres from a charge of its 17.6 kWh battery, about 130 in ECO mode, and charging overnight replaced petrol stops entirely.
Full text
The EQ fortwo packs a 96-cell, 17.6 kWh lithium-ion battery into a car of 2.6M long and just over 1085KG. The roughly 60kW (80HP) motor sits close to the rear wheels, which frees the front axle for a turning circle of only 6.95M, and it does 0 to 60KM/H in 4.9 seconds, with no gearbox and no lag. On a normal 230V outlet the battery charges to 80% in at most 6 hours, an optional wall box speeds that up dramatically, and public charging stations are easy to find with a smartphone app. Plugging in at home each evening meant a full car every morning, which cured me of petrol stations. A practical note: the trunk takes two boxes of beer through the quick opening rear window, and with the passenger seat included I got to 96 bottles.