On 12 Feb 2013 at 0:11, brucedp5 wrote: > ... the ForTwo could almost have been born for electric power.
It was. Its early-1990s origins lie in the Swatch Car, originally meant as an EV - a city car and grocery-getter with a space behind the seats just large enough for a case of beer. (Remember the mid-70s Honda Civic test, that the cargo area had to fit US grocery sacks standing up? Swatch's was a beer case.) Wikipedia says the Swatch Car was intended to have a hybrid drivetrain. That is incorrect. It was to have been a pure BEV. (Somewhere I probably still have the EVDL discussion threads on this, if they weren't on the 5.25" floppies that I now can't read.) Daimler had quite a trial fitting an ICE and transaxle where the motor had been meant to go. So, Smart cars are finally returning to their roots. It only took 20 years. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
