Smart Concept #1 previews an all-electric crossover the US can’t have

Smart may have abandoned the US market but it’s just getting started with EVs, unveiling the new Smart Concept #1 at IAA 2021 this week. A four-door all-electric crossover, the compactly-handsome EV previews the automaker’s first production model in its new zero-emissions range.

Smart is, of course, no stranger to EVs. It offered an electric ForTwo – its ultra-compact city car – for some years in the US, though range as diminutive as the vehicle’s exterior dimensions limited its overall appeal.

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