The Mercedes electric car is now typified by the Smart electric car. The Smart Car, or Daimler Smart ED (electric drive) is currently on the market through limited leasing options.
The Smart ED is designed to provide economical EV transport.
Smart ED:
Top Speed - 100 kph or 62 mph - electronically limited
Battery Power - 300 volts
Motor Power - 30 kW
Battery Storage - 14 kWh
Range - 116 km or 72 miles
Efficiency: - 194 Wh/mi
Price: about $20,000 US (UK Price 2010)
The other Mercedes electric car is the SLS E Drive. The E Drive is meant to move fast as noticed from its specs below:
SLS AMG E Cell:
Top Speed - 240 kph or 150+ mph - electronically limited
Power: 4 - 98 kW motors
Battery Storage: 48 kWh
Range: 120 miles (less than 1/2 that at top speed)
The next car in the Mercedes EV lineup is the E Cell. This car is basically a
re-release of the 1997 NiMh powered version. Toyota seems to be making the same move with planned production of a 2012 Rav4 EV.
The E Cell offers climate control and automatic off-peak charging. Continuous battery pack monitoring and reporting provides vital state of charge information to the driver as well. Some 500 cars will be produced as test vehicles.
E Cell:
Top Speed - 150 kph or 93 mph - electronically limited
Motor Power - 70 kW
Battery Storage - 36 kWh
Range - 200 km or 124 miles
Price:TBA)
F Cell
The F Cell is a variant of the Mercedes E Cell and is a hydrogen fuel cell powered car still under development. Mercedes has already provided 60 F Cell cars for evaluation. The F Cell returns a 240 mile range with an average fuel economy of about 70 mpg.
