Turns out that not only Teslas maintain high battery capacity after well over 100,000 miles.
In fact, this 2013 Smart ForTwo Electric still has tons of life left. That’s despite its tiny battery, which requires very frequent recharging.
InsideEVs fan Moritz Leicht from Germany reached out to us with an amazing Smart story. We’ll share the recap down below, but the gist of it is that he loves his electric Smart. Add in the fact that its battery capacity is at 90% of when it was new and that’s astonishing.
The 17.6-kWh battery pack is holding up, despite being at 125,000 miles.
Here, in Martin’s words, is an overview (full blog post from Martin can be found here):
Here are a few facts about the car:
Martin accurately points out too that since the Smart has a tiny battery, it gets recharged often. Therefore, 125,000 miles on the battery is all that much more impressive.
Again, we encourage you to check out the full blog post (originally in German) here.
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