10 Things You Should Know About the 2011 smart fortwo electric drive

Introduction

Those familiar with backpacking understand how critical it is to manage not only weight, but also space. The solution favored by many hikers is the compression sack, a nifty contraption that condenses large and bulky essentials, such as sleeping bags, into small, travel-friendly packages. As a result, packs can be stuffed with everything you’d need for a multi-day adventure in the woods…including the outdoorsman’s version of a kitchen sink.

Efficient use of space is also behind the smart fortwo, a two-passenger microcar that hit the U.S. market in 2008. Now, just a few years later, comes the fortwo electric drive, a version of the original that continues to offer urban drivers access to tiny parking spaces, yet does so while drawing energy from a household outlet and not the local gas station.

Photos courtesy of smart/Daimler.