High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Smart fortwo electric drive (or smart ed) is a battery electric vehicle version of the fortwo small car. It was formerly known as Smart fortwo EV. The first Smart electric drive vehicles were modified by Zytek Electric Vehicles. It is powered by a rear-mounted motor driving the rear wheels. It runs on 13.2 kW·h of sodium-nickel chloride Zebra batteries. The first Smart electric drive was delivered to Coventry City Council on January 16, 2008. This was the first of 100 vehicles being piloted in the UK. As of July 2009, applications are currently being accepted for the 2010 trials, also involving 100 cars. According to the smart website, volume series production is scheduled to begin in 2012.