With great fanfare, Daimler CEO Zetsche presented in autumn 2008, the smart electric drive. The smart ed has a lithium-ion battery and comes with a cargo of about 100 kilometers wide. For the construction of infrastructure - ie the installation of charging stations - is responsible partners RWE. The end of 2009 comes to go ed as a small series on the market in the sale of the car, however, until 2010.