Smart car crash video and electric car test drives

Ok, I gave the smart car some grief for its lackluster mileage. I am very impressed by how it handled this crash however.

This link has a video test drive of four electric vehicles in London. Included is an electric version of the smart fortwo, and apparently it isn’t for sale – lease only. It came in second on the range/speed ranks (71 mile range/ 60 mph top speed) behind the Micro-Vett Fiat Doblo, and was reviewed favorably. I think the other two in the test would be NEVs here in the states, meaning they couldn’t go on roads with speed limits over 35 mph. I am not sure about that though.