After five years on the market in Europe, the two-seat Smart car has been granted a certificate of conformity by the US Environmental Protection Agency, clearing the way for Stateside sales by Zap.
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The Smart car is on display at the San Francisco motor show where Zap is also showing its other vehicle lines, including its new Worldcar, a battery-electric car recently certified by California’s Air Resources Board.
Zap is after 15,000 Smart sales per year. In May it signed an exclusive distribution contract with Smart-Automobile LLC for the rights to sell the cars in the United States. The two are preparing to launch marketing and distribution of the car with a near-term goal of 150 dealer outlets by the second quarter of fiscal 2005.
