Fiat 500e – battery-powered 500 goes the EV route

Fiat 500e – battery-powered 500 goes the EV route

The family of the little Fiat 500 is growing. After this year’s introduction of the larger, five-door 500L model, the Italian brand is set to give its baby car electric power. The 500e, as it’s called, “brings Italian flavour to the electric vehicle market” says Fiat.

We don’t have the details yet, but the zero-emission 500e premiered on the “green carpet” of the recent 2012 American Music Awards. It will be shown to the general public for the first time at the 2012 LA Auto Show later this month, so perhaps we’ll know more about the 500e then.

Fiat says that the 500e will be available in the state of California next year.

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Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.

 

Comments

  • the exterior look like toy car to me

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  • shrimp on Nov 21, 2012 at 11:26 am

    can someone enlighten me why these small cars are so popular in europe? cars like this, mini, etc? arent those caucasians supposed to be big sized? wont they feel uncomfortable in these small cars? just wondering. thanks

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    • OrangBesar on Nov 21, 2012 at 12:07 pm

      bcoz, over there, mother one fiat500, father one fiat500, sister one, nanny one, brother one, ownself one! bcoz it’s Cheap there! Over Here, mother father nanny brother sister all travel in one fiat500, mana cukup besar? bcoz one fiat500 here manyak expensive mah!

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    • In Europe, the roads are mostly small and narrow, like the British back roads and Mediterranean city street. Small cars are great for maneuvering in these roads. Light weight and revvy engine makes small cars manuever better than big sedan in these small roads where there are much more twisty and sharper corner than American roads. Cars like the ford cortina, fiat 500 and the original mini. The interior are cleverly design so that even 6’5″ J.Clarkson feels comfortable. Small transverse engine place above the transmission and flat fuel tank freets out space for the cabin.

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  • Writing someting based on common sense of Europe road makes no sense of the Fiat popularity. Talk about constructive points will be more beneficial. Otherwise don’t comment bro!

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    • Well shrimp ask why are small car ,not only fiat, so popular in Europe where Caucasian are so big and in theory better off with a bigger car, I just gave on what I know.
      Well go on and try to give your constructive points, I like to hear and add to my knowledge.
      Ps: I forgot to add to my comment that small car are more fuel efficient and easier to maintain than bigger cars(captain-obvious)

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  • most importantly many of them not good at parking

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  • VWPASSAT owner on Nov 21, 2012 at 2:24 pm

    Looks like a walrus to me…ouch

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