Another one bites the dust!
A Fiat executive has said that the next gen (2020) Fiat 500 will be EV-only.
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Fiat in the U.S. could not reveal any more information about the Centoventi or its production intent, saying it’s just a concept. But FCA chief marketing officer Olivier François told Top Gear something quite different: that it previews the strategy behind an all-new Fiat 500e due just a year from now—one that will be electric-only.
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Source:
https://www.greencarreports.com/news...utive-confirms
An EV-only option will not meaningfully reverse the 500's sales plummet in the U.S.:
Fiat 500 sales
2012: 43,772
2013: 36,375
2014: 33,708
2015: 25,084
2016: 15,587
2017: 12,685
2018: 5,370
http://carsalesbase.com/us-car-sales...fiat/fiat-500/
You just have to look at what happened to the Smart Fortwo's sales when it went EV-only.
Ciao, 500!