Smart fortwo vs Tesla Model S
The Model S costs less to run, by the official figures: about $60 a year less in New Zealand, $50 in Australia, £40 in the UK and $60 in the US.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $880
- $816 (better)
- Australia
- $751
- $696 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £571
- £529 (better)
- United States
- $802
- $743 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 20.5 kWh/100km
- 19.0 kWh/100km (better)
- UK
- 3.0 mi/kWh
- 3.3 mi/kWh (better)
- US
- 102 MPGe
- 110 MPGe (better)
- Range
- 93 km
- 592 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 2
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 796 L
- Length
- 2,695 mm
- 5,022 mm
- Weight
- –
- 2,068 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.0 L 3-cylinder petrol
- Dual electric motors
- Power
- 52 kW
- 500 kW (better)
- Torque
- 91 Nm
- 440 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- 5-speed manual
- Single-speed direct drive
- Drive
- RWD
- AWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- –
- 8
A typical year: New Zealand 11,000 km (Ministry of Transport's average for a light vehicle); Australia 11,100 km (ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use average); United Kingdom 11,265 km (DfT National Travel Survey average of about 7,000 miles); United States 21,726 km (FHWA average of about 13,500 miles). Real costs depend on how and where you drive. Work out a particular trip.
fortwo or Model S?
Which is cheaper to run, the Smart fortwo or the Tesla Model S?
The Tesla Model S: about $60 a year less in New Zealand, $50 in Australia, £40 in the UK and $60 in the US than the Smart fortwo at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
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