Much of the time in America, when you see a Smart Fortwo zipping around your city, it’s in the blue-and-white livery of Car2Go. The Daimler-owned car-sharing service has been around in this country since 2010, and it’s long relied solely on the tiny Smart and their ease of parking as a selling point for city drivers who maybe don’t want to own a car. Perhaps somewhat sadly, the days of the blue-and-white Smarts are coming to an eventual end. While an all-new Smart Fortwo launched in 2015 and quickly made its way into Car2Go fleets as well as private owners, months ago Mercedes-Benz announced that the Fortwo would be going fully electric only in America . All new Smart Fortwos in the U.S. will soon do away with the rear-mounted gas engine in favor of batteries with a 60 mile range. It does not mean Car2Go is transitioning to become an electric fleet to keep up. Rather, the company says it’s beginning the process of moving off Smarts alto...
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