It is reported that in order to eliminate consumers' association with the battery life of electric vehicles and increase consumers' acceptance of smart electric vehicles, Smart plans to transfer its battery rental business, which is launched in the European market, to the US market. For the upcoming smart fortwo electric vehicles, if consumers choose battery rental business, then the starting price of this electric vehicle will be reduced from the original 30398 US dollars (197,000 yuan) to 23,680 US dollars (153,000 yuan).

Battery rental business has great appeal to consumers. According to reports, smart has provided a four-year/50,000-mile warranty for the battery packs on its models, but once the warranty period is exceeded, battery replacement and maintenance costs for smart electric vehicles are very expensive. Consumers who choose battery rental service do not have to worry about this. They only need to spend 83 monthly months (equivalent to RMB 540) to easily use the smart ForTwo electric vehicle.