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Smart Confirms Reinvention of Iconic City Car
The smart #2 revives the iconic city car with an all-electric design and new technology, aiming to meet modern urban mobility needs across multiple global markets.
- Smart plans to introduce the all-electric two-seat smart #2 to markets across Asia, Europe, and various additional regions toward the end of 2026.
- This launch follows smart's comprehensive renewal from 2019 to 2024, including a joint venture between Mercedes-Benz and Geely and a global development strategy.
- The smart #2 will be built on a new proprietary ultra-compact electric vehicle architecture, styled by Mercedes-Benz, and aims to revive the legacy of the original Fortwo city car.
- Global CEO Tong Xiangbei emphasized that designing a very small electric car on a completely fresh electric platform presents much greater challenges compared to producing a larger vehicle, underscoring the model’s innovative nature.
- Smart plans to expand its global presence in 2025 by enhancing its product lineup with the Smart #2, aiming to redefine individual mobility in key European cities where the brand has traditionally been strong, such as Rome, London, and Paris.
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Smart will unveil at the end of 2026 a two-seater city hall 100 % electric to replace the mythical Fortwo. A return to the sources for the urban icon, born in 1998.
The debut is scheduled for the end of 2026 and the key market will be Europe: focuses in particular on major cities such as Rome or Paris
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The brand Smart, well-known for small city cars, reflects on its original idea. With the #2 model, the Swabian-Chinese joint venture wants to prove that something else is possible than just large SUV and crossover.
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aachener-zeitung.deSmart returns to its roots. After the Daimler subsidiary has grown to the middle class under Chinese leadership, there will soon be an extra-short two-seater again. Of course electric.
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