Jakarta, The First City in Southeast Asia That Having Smart Electric Car

DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has just got a new toy that is a smart electric car electric drive (ed). And it turns out this is the first smart ed in the region of Southeast Asia.

President Director of PT Mercedes-Benz Indonesia, said Rudi Borgenheimer smart unit that lent to the Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta is about 1 in 1,500 units of the smart ed is tested in Europe, the United States, Canada and Asia.

"This is the first time a city in the ASEAN manerima smart ed as a material unit testing project. This shows that Indonesia as a country of importance to Daimler AG in terms of future technology-friendly environment," he said at City Hall on Wednesday (24/11 / 2010).

Smart ed itself is a zero-emission electric cars produced by smart, a brand that dinauingi by Daimler AG. Using the Smart ForTwo base, this car harness the energy from the electric motor as the driving.

This car is reinforced lithium ion batteries made by Tesla Motors is capable of producing power to 27 hp to 40 hp with peak torque to 120 Nm.

With a battery of smart ed can explore 135 km of roads with a single energy charge and ran up to 100 km per hour.

Batteries that her arms that can be filled only within 3 hours only with injection systems that use made Siemens electric voltage 220 volts or 110 volts.