With the Beijing Auto Show around the corner, Smart’s #5 concept car, positioned as a medium-sized pure electric SUV, was spotted onsite. The production model is expected to launch in the second half of this year.
The size of the concept car measures 4700/2160/1870 mm, which is also the largest model within the Smart series.
Both the front and rear feature a “time capsule” light strip design. On the roof, the car is equipped with spotlights for outdoor explorations.
The concept car also has small design details such as a small LCD screen on the wheel arch that displays tire pressure and a screen on the front fender that shows the door lock status.
It is worth pointing out that the Smart #5 concept car will be equipped with the “Smart mobile cinema”, which comes with a full-color projector on the front of the car.
Power will come from an intelligent four-wheel drive system with dual electric motors and a lithium-based battery pack with more than 100 kWh capacity, providing a 700 km CLTC cruising range or 550 km WLTC cruising range, according to Chinese media d1ev. At the same time, with the support of an 800V high-voltage platform and 4C ultra-fast charging, it takes 15 minutes to replenish the battery to 70%.
Furthermore, several driving modes will be supported including off-road, sand, snow, mud, and rock.
Coming to the interior, the cockpit features a triple-screen design, powered by a built-in AMD V2000 chip, and a portable high-fidelity speaker. In addition, voice recognition will be supported in which the passengers can converse with an onboard intelligent assistant to control the vehicle. The vehicle may also be equipped with the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin chip to power the smart Pilot Assist 3.0 advanced driving assistance system.
The interior adopts a four-seater layout with zero-gravity seats. A five-seater version may also launch in the future.
