Fiat Chrysler's Outset Ev Is The All-New Fiat 500

Fiat has chosen an iconic model every bit its first-ever fully electrical vehicle: this is the all-new Fiat 500. Taking inspiration from the ii generation of metropolis cars earlier it, the 500 right away adds sustainable too (partly) autonomous driving features for the novel decade.

Starting alongside a blank canvass of paper, Fiat designers integrated the classic too cool styling of the 500 which is yesteryear itself rooted inwards 63 years of history. It keeps its overall length notwithstanding nether 4 meters, but thank you lot to a brand-new platform, it’s threescore mm wider, threescore mm longer, alongside a wheelbase stretched yesteryear xx mm.

The all-electric Fiat 500 packs a 42-kWh lithium-ion battery giving it a make of most 320 kilometers. And to optimize charging time, it has an 85-kW fast charging arrangement which adds 48 kilometers of make inwards but five minutes. The fast charger tin every bit good ability the battery to lxxx percentage inwards but 35 minutes.

It every bit good has 3 driving modes: Normal, Range, too become this, Sherpa. As its refer implies, Sherpa manner reduces the fuel consumption to a minimum. For instance, it limits maximum speed to but lxxx km/h, dulls accelerator response, too deactivates both the climate command arrangement too heated seats.

“Normal” manner is every bit closed every bit possible to driving a vehicle alongside a normal combustion engine, spell “Range” manner activates the “one-pedal-drive” function. By selecting this driving mode, the novel 500 tin travel driven alongside the accelerator pedal alone. Releasing the accelerator causes much greater deceleration than alongside a normal combustion engine, almost every bit if the brake pedal was pushed.

The electrical motor inwards the 500 has an output of 118 horsepower providing a maximum speed of 150 km/h, too an acceleration to 100 km/h inwards most nine seconds.

The Fiat 500 every bit good packs Level 2 autonomous driving tech too alongside that has adaptive cruise control, speed assist, blind location monitors, too lane centering assist.

Inside, it’s the showtime motorcar from FCA to come upwards alongside the novel Uconnect five infotainment system. UConnect five is compatible alongside Apple CarPlay too Android Auto operating systems, too tin travel used inwards wireless mode. The 500 every bit good has a 10.25-inch high-definition horizontal touchscreen alongside a 16:9 human face ratio.