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This is what happens if you're a bit Swiss and want to solve your Smart ForTwo Electric Drive's range issue - strap a trailer full of internal combustion on the back.
Zumikon-based Rinspeed has just given us this - the Dock+Go concept. It's a Smart ED with a detachable backpack you can fit with a proper petrol engine, fuel cell or battery pack. The docked third axle drives the rotating second axle, recharging the ED's on-board batteries. A Variohybrid, if you will.
The trailer comes in several sizes tailored for different uses - a heated box for pizza delivery drivers, a mobile toolbox for craftsman, a golf club carrying thing and a camping equipment store.
It's described by its makers as an "electric flea that is the dream car of every pizza delivery driver."
How would you describe it, TopGear.commers?
Revealed: the Rinspeed Dock+Go
This is a six-wheel Smart Fortwo. And it’s a bit stupid…
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lamboaudi4 commented on this article
at 12:55 pm on 22 February 2012
ive seen pics of it on different websites and...um... just don't get the point of it.
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nissanGT-R2012 commented on this article
at 01:13 pm on 22 February 2012
Now THATS one for the pub!
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notthest1g commented on this article
at 01:36 pm on 22 February 2012
How would I describe it? uh... well... urg... word's can't describe how much I never want to ever see one of those again...
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TonyGeo commented on this article
at 01:38 pm on 22 February 2012
i would like one of these to carry my beers
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Toyota_Pious commented on this article
at 01:40 pm on 22 February 2012
I've just got visions of pizza delivery drivers jettisoning their Docking-Trailors at the traffic lights in a James-Bond-Thunderball-type-way. Only their maneuvers might not necessarily be planned...
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