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The Fiat 500 is the latest smash-hit car to be confirmed for a fully electric future. And it"s coming sooner than you think. Fiat"s marketing boss Francois Olivier has told TopGear.com he"ll be revealing the new 500 EV on the Fiat stand at next year"s Geneva motor show. A curious move, as the 2019 star of Fiat"s show is the adorable, boxy, deliberately utilitarian Centoventi concept basically a new, all-electric Panda? Here"s why Olivier says it makes sense. "Collectively as carmakers we"ve been thinking about giving people a choice of 200km range, because we didn"t dare say 100km range it sounds too low. 200km is a compromise, and while 400km is nice, it"s expensive. If you have something premium and expensive that"s perfect, but you wouldn"t see a Tesla with a base model of range. It makes sense to make the best offer of range and embed it in a premium priced car. That"s the way we"ll go with the 500."
Date written: 6 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15068
The Fiat 500 is the latest smash-hit car to be confirmed for a fully electric future. And it"s coming sooner than you think. Fiat"s marketing boss Francois Olivier has told TopGear.com he"ll be revealing the new 500 EV on the Fiat stand at next year"s Geneva motor show. A curious move, as the 2019 star of Fiat"s show is the adorable, boxy, deliberately utilitarian Centoventi concept basically a new, all-electric Panda? Here"s why Olivier says it makes sense. "Collectively as carmakers we"ve been thinking about giving people a choice of 200km range, because we didn"t dare say 100km range it sounds too low. 200km is a compromise, and while 400km is nice, it"s expensive. If you have something premium and expensive that"s perfect, but you wouldn"t see a Tesla with a base model of range. It makes sense to make the best offer of range and embed it in a premium priced car. That"s the way we"ll go with the 500."
Date written: 6 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15068