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Smart cars are coming back to Australia, but instead of being tiny city cars, they're more SUV-shaped and fully electric.
Another electric car brand is headed to Australia this year. Smart is back after exiting our shores about a decade ago. Gone are the micro cars of the first instalment and in their place are a range of city-focused electric cars produced by a joint venture with Mercedes-Benz and Geely in China.
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