SMART Electric Drive | Fully Charged 

moar pls

Blayk Giddens truly awesome! I laughed out loud at the split tailgate piece

He's fantastic! Robert is also fantastic though!

A TV show in the UK.

He's a big electric vehicle fan. Has built his own car. He certainly has the credentials to be hosting this show. flux-capacitor.co.uk/

Yup totally agree

You mean he's not a "regular"???!!! 😭😭😭

completely agree :thumbsup:

Yes great, well done...

Robert might be busy with his thing with Red Dwarf, so this step was quite logical.

Plus there are tonnes of cars coming out in the next couple of years. Robert can't review them all.

David?? DAVID??? What are the chances!!! Not seen you since Uni!

In fact I think Johnny should focus mostly on cars and leave the rest to Robert. Because unlike Robert, he actually knows a LOT more about cars, so he can actually do a useful review instead of just doodling around. And he's no less funny! Really enjoyed this one.

Wow, another Tassie EV fan here! Do I know you? :)

BMSWEB And he also has a thing for glory holes 🤔

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I couldn't agree more, BMSWEB. I am now looking into purchasing an electric vehicle, but I need to know more about what UK Government grants are available to me. That is not my only driving factor, if you'll excuse the pun.

I love all the useful information like "plastic is gash" lol

Harrison Ganner this is actually not TV. And this is refreshing, for example they don't have to fit a time slot as well as they don't have to plan around advertising breaks with cliff hangers. :)

Ruben Kelevra By on the TV I mean literally on the TV screen, as I was watching this on RU-vid on my Xbox, rather than on my phone for example :)

agree - but bring Robert in just to demo the car door mechanism ;-)

They could always do a 2-part review - technical things by Jonny, casual things by Robert. That way the review would be more versatile.

Smart. 4th generation and still behind the curve.

Exactly. The US consumer wants huge, flashy trash cars. (i.e. SUVs and "cross overs") How often do you drive out across a field? Then why do you need a "car" with 3ft ground clearance? Or 28ton cargo capacity?

Erm... isn't this precisely the generation of Smart cars that will be sold in the US from now on? Like, they literally announced that Smart would only sell electric cars in the States going forward. And these three (ForTwo, Convertible, ForFour) are the ones that start it off.

In Washington D.C. we have car2go with the old and new Smart, and they are lovely! It's awesome to sneak around big SUV/CUV in the city and make the city more fun to drive along. If insurance in the U.S.A. wasn't a rip off I would buy a Smart 2 seat ED tomorrow!

3rd World Garage: The smart's draw isn't just about parking space. It's a perfect 2nd car for a typical US family, actually, especially for the folks in/near cities. As for economy, the EV's in another league at 122 MPG equivalent. I'm on my 3rd year with my smart electric as my only car and it's perfect. The electric gives me the cheapest driving I've ever done. In spite of the EPA range rating of 68 miles, I routinely run 85 mile drives. When I want to leave town, I get a rental. The only downside to the smart electric is that they're so damn hard to get - there aren't enough in the 'States to meet demand. I lucked into mine in early 2015 only because a family ordered one and then their job moved them out of state before the car arrived. It was taking 6-8 months from order to delivery, and dealers couldn't order cars to put in a showroom. Though I'd like a bit more range (maybe another 20 miles, actually) and a charger larger than the 3300W unit installed, I love the car. I guess I"m one of the 'exceptions.' ;)

Mercedes have made the smart only ED (or ev) in N-AM from now on. They have not given up on it, but i think it will be only promoted as a city car. Seems oke from my point.

Janosch Pelzer To convert miles into Km divide by 5 and multiply by 8. So 40 mph equals 64 kmh. It's really not difficult.

What it is It's really completely unnecessary. As well as imperial units...At least for the rest of the world ;)

They do this on other shows and it doens't work, no one would naturally say both so it breaks the flow of whoever's talking. Google is your friend, or basic mental maths.

+Janosch Pelzer Agreed

It's easy enough just to Google up a converter, there are apps and websites for this. Or you could just watch a show that comes from a metric-using country...

Chris Bown I second that motion. Mr. China could work with proper presenters instead of that 🔔 end Mike.

Oh hell yes do a Fully Charged ICE conversion of a clapped out old MGB or something. I'd buy that for a dollar!

MGBs were clapped out from the factory. Hated my POS.

Haha! Exactly! But they still look damn good. MGB GT with a boot full of batteries? I'd like my boat with an extra slice of boat please.

Chris Bown A MX5 converted to electric by Ed China. one can dream...

or as is and £4000 cheaper

DigitalYojimbo then it would cost 10K more

@@balkanhajduk I think more like 3k more. Actually the main problem with the Smart ForTwo is not cost, but rather space for the batteries. They probably jammed in as many cells as they could as it is.

john bumptybump I think you probably right

I have one. You don't want to ride 100 miles in one. It's just a town car

Tyrell Kehler no

Bummer. Thanks for the info.

No, please don't! Vicki's a terrific gal, but she's also a pro racing driver; bringing her to Fully Charged would turn it into a lad's mag Clarkson era Top Gear, piss-about. Screaming starts, track days, max power, drift round corners, late braking, 0 - 60 times, constant emphasis on bhp, handling, performance, street cred, what's 'cool' ... No. Please, no. Keep Fully Charged as Kryten's idea of a sensible electric future algorithm. Of course cars are part of that future, and they can be fun, too, but at the moment Fully Charged is like the old original BBC Top Gear - Raymond Spitfire Pilot, William Woollard, the nice chap with a beard, some occasional tips on adjusting ignition timing, no schoolboy-level mucking about, just useful, practical stuff. Too much emphasis on car performance would kill this brilliant RU-vid Channel stone dead. (IMHO) ;-)

No just dont......

Ryukachoo spark EV is pretty hot...400lbft of torque

How do you know he's tasty?

The front windows are powered.

Monkeyheadtpc That's what some people wear...

Sure, don't get me wrong, I'm not judging! I myself wear pyjamas every night...

How very dare you. That's a Barbour jumper that is!

I have no idea what a Barbour jumper is and I'm too lazy to Google it. It looked like a pajama top to me too.

Might have been a cost decision I guess. They might argue that the car is just supposed to drive you round town anyways.

Wobbegong, City appartment dwellers are less likely to have an opportunity to charge at night compared to suburban one family house inhabitants with a garage. Lack of quick charging would be an impediment for sales.

LMLMD No fast charge means it has a slower maximum charge speed. But it has a much faster standard charge, since the iMiEV was limited to around 3.5kW.

OriginalPiMan Rapid and regular charging arent related though, and the 7kw on boars the Smart is these days just bog standard for home charging. People expect that and a decent rapid DC facility as well. I am disappointed to say the least. Smart have shot themselves in the foot with the charging. Get the basics right before you try and be clever with radar guided regen and all that jazz.

I think Mercedes didn't put fast charging on purpose to sell internal combustion cars for those who need to drive long distance travels.

Martin Soendergaard-Jensen It was limited run, minimal production. I think he's implying that it's the first full production car.

By that metric, everything Tesla has ever made is "limited run, minimal production".

What are you on about? Model S is mass produced...

The Tesla Roadster wasn't manufactured by Tesla, its a Lotus in disguise. Rebadged in San Jose, and e-drivetrain installed, but its certainly not "mass produced".

or in german: total beschissen

Or in Norwegian: "Vi liker brunost"

Kallenator1988 you Norwegians and your humour :p. "we like brown cheese"...

Or in Welsh: Byddai'n well gen i fwyta caws drewllyd

Or in Chilean: "una huea' con patas"

In case you find yourself on the spot again: a bukake is a Japanese biscuit.

lol

Mark Lawrence What's this little hole for? Hold up! What's poking out of it?! Holy crap! That's usually how it goes. I used to think it was for ventilation.

Why are you the only one who mentioned this? I don't think Jonny knows what a "glory hole" is.

in England we use miles and feet.

And gruel for breakfast.

It's England we are talking about. They will never let go off the old.

You really made me laugh, so thank you. It's Pound-Feet of Torque, not that it matters in the Metric System world.

Pound-feed is the biggest clusterfuck ever.

How often do you drive more than 100 miles in one day?

Okay, that wasn't helpful. I just can't understand the obsession with comparing huge ranges to petrol vehicles. You plug it in overnight (when you're asleep), so you're never making a trip to a petrol station. Surely the range only comes into play if you do more than 100 miles in one day?

Harry C. The problem is that the 100 miles is not true 100 miles. Once you add traffic and air condition, have a full trunk, the range drops by 40%. Come winter time, the range drops another 20%. 40 actual miles round trip? That’s just not enough

An EV doesn't lose even close to that range. Traffic doesn't hurt the range at all (not using any energy while idling and AC uses VERY little compared to HEAT). Yes, in Winter you'll see a 20% drop, but only if you run the heater full blast in a freezing climate. If you're in medium climate, heated seats and an occasional heat blast will barely effect your range.