smart electric clones on ebay

[sandalscout]

Sorry if I missed this somewhere on here recently, I did a quick glance around and a search and turned up nothing.

It appears that a Noble electric "smart" is now for sale in the US:

ZEV2Go - A stylish, economical, and affordable electric city vehicle

and one is actually up on ebay right now:

Other Makes : ZEV2GO:eBay Motors (item 320426523200 end time Sep-27-09 16:43:38 PDT)

the crash test videos are interesting, and frankly, it held up better than I expected (even if it is only at 31MPH) in the head on and rear end hits, but the "cell" looks very weak in side hits:

Safety

Thought some here might find it interesting. I'm curious what the price is, and quite honestly, I think it has the potential to fill a great spot in the neighborhood car market.

[Godfather]

Check out Wildfire Motors.......... don't open up your wallet, just look.

[stressed member]

Judging by the four lug nuts, they are Chinese.

[forestacademy]

As long as they keep the 4 lug nuts we will always be able to say, "Thats not a smart in that crash Picture"
That is appriciated.

[BigWarpGuy]

I found the Wild Fire Motors site. They have a page for electric cars. Here is one that could be a 'Smart pickup'?

[Okiesmrt]

There is a company peddling those in Piedmont, OK under a different name. I'd have to assume anyone can order them from China and name them what ever they want. $18,500 for a heavy, 35 mph slow Chinese toy is no deal.

[Big Panda]

Originally Posted by sandalscout

the crash test videos are interesting, and frankly, it held up better than I expected (even if it is only at 31MPH) in the head on and rear end hits, but the "cell" looks very weak in side hits....

"The WF120-2T Total Electric NEV has a 8.5 kilowatt, 120 volt, AC motor which runs on 10 105Amp Maintenance free Sealed batteries. The 120 volt AC motor uses very little electricity and is completely computer controlled. The WF120-2T is a NEV or Neighborhood Electric Vehicle and the top speed is set at 24 mph."

So how does one do a 'crash test' at 31 mph when the top speed is only 24 mph???

While it does look interesting (the truck version), I'm not so sure it would make it over the speedbumps in my neighborhood.

[Big Panda]

The "Smart Electric City Car" line is misleading. I reported it to eBay. Was that wrong?

[DoraAnderson]

Originally Posted by Big Panda

The "Smart Electric City Car" line is misleading. I reported it to eBay. Was that wrong?

Probably not wrong!

This thing is going to give us a bad rap... everyone is going to assume all smarts are sidewalk cars!

Thing is, they are saying 5 cents per mile, but that's about what mine is... 6 cents actually, but who's counting.

[herbvdh]

Originally Posted by Big Panda

The "Smart Electric City Car" line is misleading. I reported it to eBay. Was that wrong?

Absolutely not! You did the right thing as I also reported a listing for a fake Smart car to E-bay I reported the Smart Coco Kandi and they still list it.