Iconic Fiat Topolino badge makes a comeback as micro-EV

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Fiat Topolino EV

The new Fiat Topolino is a Citroën Ami-based electrical quadricycle that references the Italian agency’s heritage and marks one other step in its push in the direction of electrification. 

  1. Fiat Topolino to have a spread of as much as 74km
  2. It is Fiat’s second EV after the 500e
  3. Fiat is targetting an all-electric line-up by 2027

Fiat’s second EV, after the 500e, is called after the seminal metropolis car that it produced from 1936 to 1955 and was additionally designed to “encapsulate the coolness” of the unique Fiat 500.

Fiat Topolino design

Shown right here in the identical teal color accessible on the Fiat 500 when it arrived in 1957, the Topolino has a retractable roof in brown fabric, cream leather-based upholstery and open sides just like the outdated beach-ready 500 Jolly. 

Aiming to “make young people fall in love with cars again”, the Topolino majors on sustainability whereas retaining “joy, optimism and fun” as a few of its important manufacturing rules. 

Fiat Topolino drivetrain

Sharing its drivetrain with the pint-sized Citroën (and the technically an identical Opel Rocks-e), the Topolino is proscribed to a high pace of 45ph and has a spread of as much as 74km. 

The agency additionally hopes the two-seater will play a job in selling electrical cars to be used in cities and amongst younger households in its push to offer sustainable transport “suitable for everyone”.

Fiat’s future plans

Fiat is concentrating on an all-electric line-up by 2027, as its CEO Olivier François defined: “We’re decisively betting on electrical for Europe. We will ramp up with electrical variations on each new car and sooner or later make a swap. Fiat ought to be the individuals’s Tesla: electrical for all.”

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