FIAT 500e News
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Oh, to have the resources available to Car and Driver, which published in its March issue a lengthy comparison test among six battery-electric cars. They are the Chevrolet Spark EV, Fiat 500e, Ford Focus Electric, Honda Fit EV, Nissan Leaf, and Smart Electric Drive Cabrio. MORE: Electric Cars' Secret Advantage: They're Just Nicer To Drive The tone of the Detroit-based magazine's review--written with the kind of chest-thumping, gasoline-burning contempt for the realities of electric-car use that owners now parry with skill--is set in the second paragraph: ...six compacts at similarly loony...
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Buying An Electric 'Compliance Car'? Think Hard About Servicing FirstThere are now more than a dozen plug-in electric cars for sale in the U.S., but not all electric cars are created equal. And a pair of recent articles about service challenges experienced by owners of the Toyota RAV4 EV underscores that buyers should be fully aware of the context in which their...
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2013 Fiat 500e Recalled Over Potential Half-Shaft Failures
It hasn't been on sale for long, but the 2013 Fiat 500e is already subject to its first recall. Chrysler has announced it's to recall more than 270 examples of the battery-electric 500 to replace bolts securing the car's half-shafts. Detroit News reports the recall was initiated following an...
Antony Ingram -
2013 Fiat 500e Electric Car 'Sold Out' In California
Fiat has never hidden the fact that its 500e electric car had been developed primarily for compliance reasons, thus there was little surprise when it was announced that sales would be limited to the state of California, at least, initially. It looks like Fiat may have reason to speed up plans to...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran
