Fiat is reviving the title its iconic Fiat 500 was generally working below. But, this time, Topolino designates an all-electric mini automotive, which can simply be probably the most petite electrical Fiat within the vary. It additionally appears to be like more likely to undertake the know-how of two older sibling fashions within the Stellantis group.
Press photographs reveal the Fiat in retro design, taking clues from the Citroën Ami and Opel Rocks-e and the Fiat 500 e. Nonetheless, the know-how is more likely to be much like that of the Ami and Rocks-e. Each mini EVs have been launched as quads or gentle metropolis automobiles designed to require no driving licence (though they do within the UK). With the Ami instance, Citroën’s specced a 5.5 kWh battery with a spread of round 46 miles or 75 kilometres. The utmost velocity was 45 km/h, and the tiny EV began at costs round £8,000 or simply below €10,000.
Fiat, nonetheless, has but to announce extra particulars available on the market launch of the brand new Topolino and, most significantly, the value.
As for the brand new title, it’s really previous. The primary Fiat 500, produced from 1936 to 1955, was quickly dubbed “Topolino” – in Italian, it’s the title of Mickey Mouse however typically stands for the agility of small animals or vehicles now.
Fiat describes the brand new Topolino as bringing “a brand new conception of the dolce vita to the town streets”. In response to the model, the brand new quadricycle has additionally been designed for a broad viewers, together with the youngest clients, households and metropolis lovers.
Nonetheless, whereas evoking the spirit of the Fiat 500, this Topolino is in contrast to the Fiat 500e – that one, now simply working below the label New 500, is of course a completely motorised electrical automotive, nonetheless not exactly full-size maybe. In our overview, although, the Cinquecento simply outran the electrical small automotive competitors because it have been in Could 2021.
Again to right this moment, or the longer term, Fiat says the brand new Topolino BEV completely aligned with its imaginative and prescient of “It’s solely inexperienced when it’s inexperienced for all”. The corporate introduced plans for full and speedy electrification within the UK reportedly a few 12 months in the past. In Europe, Stellantis has scheduled Fiat’s EV transition for 2027 in February 2022, after Fiat introduced plans to go absolutely electrical globally by 2030 a 12 months earlier.
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