New 2022 Smart electric SUV spotted ahead of world premiere

The new Sensible #1 has been pictured screening on general public roads in Europe in advance of its world premiere on 7 April. 

A prototype of the upcoming electric smaller SUV was snapped by spy photographers sporting a black-and-white sample, obscured additional by a black sheet. 

1 picture demonstrates the rear of the #1 with its sheet removed, meaning the whole back again conclusion of the motor vehicle, like its lights, rear window and spoiler are on screen. It also characteristics a panoramic sunroof and frameless doorways. 

Other functions, these types of as the contact-delicate light-weight panels made use of to open up the doorways and the LED mild clusters, have been lined. 

Smart unveiled its possess official ‘spy’ photos back again in February this calendar year, in which it in-depth some of the model’s measurements. 

The SUV steps 4290mm prolonged, 1910mm huge and 1698mm tall, producing it almost the same dimension as the Mercedes-Benz EQA electric crossover – a radical departure from Smart’s former offerings, which have been all notably compact. 

Technical facts meanwhile are nevertheless to be exposed, but Wise verified the car will sit on a Geely-designed EV system, which the company claims will provide “the highest level of dynamic handling and passive safety”.

Battery capacities and general performance are also most likely to be discovered at the model’s premiere in April, with fast charging and around-the-air software program updates most likely.  

The #1 will be the initially product to be introduced underneath Smart’s rebirth as a “premium all-electrical automotive technologies brand”. 

Smart’s new naming strategy will mean all new styles will be specified with a hashtag, which it suggests reflects its ambition to recapture its picture as a “trendsetter”.