{"id":356842,"date":"2026-07-02T17:06:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/inside-the-smart-2-timo-weil-explains-key-vehicle-features\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T17:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:06:35","slug":"inside-the-smart-2-timo-weil-explains-key-vehicle-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/inside-the-smart-2-timo-weil-explains-key-vehicle-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Smart #2: Timo Weil explains key vehicle features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/inside-the-smart-2-timo-weil-explains-key-vehicle-features.jpg' alt='electrive'><br \/>The Smart #2 aims to be more than a nostalgic revival of the brand\u2019s original city car. Conceived as an ultra-compact electric vehicle with a range of around 300 kilometres, fast-charging capability and an exceptionally small turning circle, it is designed specifically for urban mobility. In this interview, developer Timo Weil explains how his team reimagined the iconic two-seater for the electric age and made use of the design freedoms offered by an electric drivetrain. <a href=https:\/\/www.electrive.com\/2026\/07\/02\/inside-the-smart-2-timo-weil-explains-key-vehicle-features\/ target='_blank'>Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Smart #2 aims to be more than a nostalgic revival of the brand\u2019s original city car. Conceived as an ultra-compact electric vehicle with a range of around 300 kilometres, fast-charging capability and an exceptionally small turning circle, it is designed specifically for urban mobility. In this interview, developer Timo Weil&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/inside-the-smart-2-timo-weil-explains-key-vehicle-features\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":356843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-356842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electrive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}