OK But where do the sheets of plywood go? The roof?
Smart Truck? Maybe not
What’s the point of a pickup truck that you can’t fit a tool box in?
Smart cars always remind me of slightly larger versions of the Cozy Coupe (remember that red and yellow toy car we used to maneuver around in as kids?). But smart debuted a new vehicle at the 2012 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) that actually allows for storage in addition to carrying passengers.
Smart, an automotive branch of Daimler AG, showed off its new electric truck today called the smart for-us concept pickup. The pickup is small and quirky like smart’s cars, but provides a little extra space with a pickup bed in the back for toting objects like bikes.
This truck may be tiny compared to most, but it packs some punch and seems to get the job done. It features a 75 HP electric motor, a 17.6 kW/h lithium ion battery pack, a top speed of “well over” 80 mph, and can go zero to 60 in five seconds.
The smart for-us concept pickup has 11.6 cubic feet of space, and offers two slits in the cargo bed for the front wheels of ebikes. The cargo bed also has a docking station that charges these ebikes so that they’re ready whenever the driver is.
“We at smart love pickups — if they are small on the outside, large on the inside, very safe and extremely comfortable,” said Dr. Annette Winkler, smart CEO.
