Siemens Italy became a technological partner for the accomplishment of the connection of the electric car to the grid, the contracts, the services, included those dedicated to the users and the control of the grid.
The project started in December 2008 as initiative of Enel and Smart, aiming to diffuse 100 electric vehicles that can be powered at 400 public and private charging stations.
The car selected for this project is Smart Fortwo Electric Drive:
Max.power of teh electrical engine: 30 kW (41 cv)
Battery from Tesla Motors inc.: capacity of 16, 5 kW/h situated between the two axes.
Max speed: auto limited to 100 km/h with a time of 6"5 to accelerate from 0 to 60 km/h.
The first "electric drivers" live in Rome, Milan and Pisa- three towns with different modes of mobility which will allow testing various potentials of smart electric drive. After the end of the project that has duration of 4 years, the cars shall be returned to Mercedes Benz Italia.
Smart Electric Drive will be available on the market from 2012.