Technology Futures

The Smart Car: 40 mpg in city driving

Submitted by acohill on Mon, 05/26/2008 - 08:57.

Expect to see lots of these around town in the next several years: the Smart Car is a gas-sipping commuter and errands vehicle that would fill the bill nicely as a second car in a lot of households. Next: let's see the electric version of this car, and I don't want some complicated "hybrid," I just want a cheap electric motor and some batteries. I'll plug it in at night, and stick a solar panel in the back window to get free charging during the day while it sits in the office parking lot.