Fiat 500e One-Off Concepts Look Stunning – CNET [CNET]
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Fiat has announced that it will bring the 500 back to the US market, albeit solely as an electric vehicle.
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The new Fiat 500e will mark its return to our amber waves of grain in the first quarter of 2024, so the car is still a ways away.
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In some overseas markets, the latest Fiat 500e comes with one of two powertrains.
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The more budget-oriented Action trim uses a small 24-kilowatt-hour battery with a 94-horsepower electric motor, which is good for approximately 115 miles of range by the European WLTP standard.
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A larger, 42-kWh battery is also available, which pairs with a 117-hp motor and boosts range to about 199 miles.
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American consumers tend to be obsessed with range, so it’s unclear if a larger battery could fit in the new 500e, or if we’ll just receive the more capacious of the two trims mentioned here.
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As part of Fiat’s press conference at the LA Auto Show, where the automaker announced the 500e’s return to the US market, it showed off a trio of one-off concepts based on the idea of small-batch Italian craftsmanship.
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Right now, the only vehicle that Fiat sells in the US is the compact 500X crossover, which starts under $30,000 and is a fair bit larger than the two-door 500.
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The Fiat 124 Spider, a two-door sports coupe based on the Mazda MX-5 Miata, was discontinued at the same time as the 500L, at the end of the 2020 model year.
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Keep scrolling to check out even more pictures of FIat’s one-off 500e concepts.
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