Smart #2: 290km range, 65kW charging, priced from under RM100K in Europe
- ID
- 34711
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 13 Oct 2026, 9:33 AM
- Fetched
- 13 Oct 2026, 10:05 AM
- Provider
- SoyaCincau
- Category
- malaysia-tech
- Original URL
- https://soyacincau.com/2026/10/13/smart-2-ev-officially-launched-price-specs/
- Source URL
- https://soyacincau.com/feed/
Summary
- Score
- 2.0
- Created
- 13 Oct 2026, 10:05 AM
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What happened
Smart unveiled the Smart #2, a 2,746mm-long two-seat electric city car, at the Paris Motor Show, reviving the original fortwo formula on a new ECA platform with a 35.8kWh LFP battery, 60kW (80hp) rear motor, 290km WLTP range, 0-100km/h in 11.6s, and up to 65kW DC charging (10-80% in 20 minutes). It launches first in Europe in four variants from EUR19,990 (about RM91,300), with AC charging at 7.4kW single-phase on the Pure or 11kW three-phase on higher trims, and V2L only via a separately sold adapter. No Malaysian launch, pricing, or distributor details appear in the article.
Why it matters
The eye-catching 'under RM100K' figure is a straight conversion of a Europe price, not a Malaysian one - there is no local launch date or pricing in the text, so treat it as a European data point rather than a signal about what you will pay here. For anyone building software or a startup, nothing in this changes your stack, tooling, or roadmap; the only decision it informs is whether to wait on a compact EV purchase, and even that is unresolved until a Malaysian distributor announces terms. Note the trade-offs if you are comparing: 65kW DC peak and an 11.6s 0-100km/h are city-car numbers, and V2L needs a paid adapter.
Discussion angle
Should local tech media stop headlining foreign EV prices as RM equivalents when no Malaysian launch is announced - and what would a genuinely sub-RM100K compact EV need (charging infrastructure, DC speeds above 65kW) before it is practical for daily Malaysian commuting?