2020 Fiat 500e spy photographs
Fiat’s 500 minicar will are available for a serious shakeup subsequent yr.
A brand new era of the battery-electric 500e primarily based on a devoted EV platform will probably be launched alongside the present gasoline-powered mannequin, the latter of which is anticipated to obtain styling updates to match the electrical model.
A closely camouflaged prototype for the brand new 500e has simply been noticed by our spy photographers.
This new 500e will not be a compliance automotive however a world mannequin that Fiat predicts will promote at as much as 80,000 models per yr, presumably with a number of physique kinds. The prototype was noticed testing in the US however it is not clear if we’ll see the brand new 500e bought domestically, although there is a good probability we’ll not less than see it in the identical states the place Fiat sells the present 500e.
2020 Fiat 500e spy photographs – Picture through S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
We all know that is the 500e due to the lacking exhaust pipe, a lightning-bolt security sticker on the windshield, and the makeshift cap within the fuel-filler spot that seemingly hides a charging port.
Fiat solely per week in the past introduced it was spending 700 million euros (roughly $787 million) to improve its Mirafiori plant in Italy to assist manufacturing of the brand new 500e and future electrical fashions.
It is not clear what the driving vary will probably be however Fiat is anticipated to supply consumers a selection of battery sizes. Fiat’s Idea Centoventi unveiled on the 2019 Geneva Worldwide Motor Present previewed the automaker’s devoted EV platform and was stated to be able to delivering a variety anyplace between 62 miles proper as much as 310 miles.
Manufacturing of the 500e is scheduled to start within the second quarter of 2020. If bought right here, the electrical hatch will seemingly arrive as a 2021 mannequin.
