Despite overwhelmingly positive press for the Fiat 500e, the electric Fiat is known to be a bete-noir for Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne. Speaking at the SAE Congress last week, Marchionne claimed that Fiat loses $10,000 on each 500e, describing it as “masochism”.
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Tagged as Electric Vehicle, EV, Fiat, Fiat 500, fiat 500e
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Dan - It’s exactly about the regulation, amortizing the costs of federalization requires selling in volume. Your leftist buddies put a ten million dollar tax...
djn - But he generates tons of free PR. Good for business.
niky - If you’re driving all variants back-to-back, as we sometimes get to do, yes… yes you can notice the difference. Especially on the racetrack, which is where...
jimbob457 - I have never understood the details of the Chrysler bankruptcy. Traditionally, labor’s claims for unpaid wages have...
RobertRyan - @TonyJXY “this is largely a case of the ‘grass is greener’ Where do I start. That statement is true. The rest of your post falls into true fantasy....
BangForYourBuck - “…Fits are in Canada and elsewhere without giving people fits” Was this on purpose?
AMC_CJ - Rated at 23(I think)/31mpg. I think your numbers are for the gas engine. Anyways, yes. I’ve seen as good as 32-33mpg on long trips. Around town...
sunridge place - Socia didn’t spin. He actually answered a question (at a press conference in China) honestly about whether GM ‘could’ export...
ect - This is a beautiful car. If I could afford it (sigh), resale would be the least of my concerns.
ect - “metric and standard”? How very insular. In almost all (90%+) of the world, metric is standard.