Smart Embraces ED, Will Drop Gasoline-Powered Fortwo

-Smart has an embarrassing problem, and it’s preventing the brand from satisfying the needs of U.S. and Canadian customers. As a result, Daimler’s city-car brand is shifting focus in these two North American markets and killing off combustion-engine variants of the Smart Fortwo coupe and convertible. Instead, the brand will limit U.S. and Canadian sales to just the battery-powered Smart Fortwo Electric Drive, or ED.-Although neither Fortwo powertrain has proved particularly popu