[JERRY2KONE]

Yea the electric version was only produced and sold in Britain by Mercedes from what I have read and seen. If Chrysler (who now owns the Smart car) would make an electric version I would surely have to own one. They really are quite peppy, and top out at around 90mph. Your correct lite as hell, and would not do very well in a good stiff wind on the freeway. Still they are great for puddering around town doing errands and such. I would probably do very little highway driving with one. I would think it would be much like owning a luxury golf cart, except that it would be steet leagal. The crash testing that has been done on them is quite impressive. The car itself is built around a very strong cockpit, which is allot safer than it looks. It even does better than some of the American vehicles it was compared to. The pricing is still a bit steep for what you get($14K), but considering the savings on annual gas cost I would say it is a very good trade off.