Stop anyone in the street and ask them to name the electric carpioneers and it’s likely the big names will make up the majority of answers: the Renault Zoe, Nissan Leaf and Elon Musk’s Tesla Model S.

It might be difficult to comprehend but Smart has been dabbling with plug-in propulsion since 2007 when it unleashed a fleet of 100 all-electric micro-machines onto London roads.

That’s a good five years before the Renault Zoe went into production and to this day, Smart remains the only manufacturer in the world to offer its model in the choice of all-electric drive or typical internal combustion variants.
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