DETROIT – Daimler's Mercedes-Benz USA will take over sales and marketing of the microcar smart USA brand from Penske Automotive Group by the middle of this year, Mercedes-Benz USA and Penske said on ...

ATLANTA -- Mercedes-Benz will discontinue sales of its full-electric Smart brand in the U.S. and Canada. The luxury automaker blamed a "declining micro-car market" in the U.S. and Canada, combined ...

The city car returns strictly as an EV, designed to make the most of its small cabin.

Smart was one of the first automakers to offer an EV, the Fortwo electric drive, starting in 2007. This car has continued to develop, and the most recent Smart Fortwo EQ version is one of the best ...

Volumes are still small yet ambitions for the renaissance and reinvention of the former city car brand - now a JV between Geely and Mercedes - are XL-sized. The range so far is three cars with at ...

Mercedes-Benz has already laid out its plans for a portfolio of electric and electrified vehicles, and now parent company Daimler has announced further strategy refinements for Mercedes-Benz and its ...

It has taken quite some time since announcing the plan in May 2019, but Mercedes-Benz and Geely Holding finally received regulatory approval and have formally established a global 50:50 joint venture ...

Mercedes-Benz has agreed to take over Smart car distribution in the United States from Penske Automotive Group, the companies said Monday. Penske launched the European microcar brand, which is owned ...

Electric is the future. smart CEO Annette Winkler already said so last time we talked with her about the smart vision EQ fortwo concept EV. Now Mercedes-Benz is echoing that slogan as well. At the ...