Smart just released their latest car – Smart fortwo Electric Drive. It is a plug-in electric version of the tiny ForTwo. Smart fortwo Electric Drive will use a 41hp electric motor driving the rear wheels even as the internal combustion version does.

In an unusual alternative for this diminutive machine, they’ve chosen to use a sodium-nickel-chloride (Zebra) battery. Although these batteries have good capacity and are very stable, they operate at very high temperatures (250°C).

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