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FIAT’s New Innings with Natural Gas

June 7, 2012 / No Comments

FIAT is all set to pave its future ways by roping in alternative fuels. The automaker’s research team is working on the same at the Centro Ricerche FIAT, outside of Turin, Italy, their high-security research facility. Unlike Toyota and others, who went behind gas-electric hybrids and pure batteries, FIAT is interested in compressed natural gas (CNG).  According to its General Manager, ...

Battery-Powered Fiat 500 BEV to Lose $10,000 on Every Single Unit Sold

April 6, 2011 / No Comments

The huge loss the Chrysler group may have to suffer on the production of its battery powered Fiat 500 BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) has turned out to be a concern. Even after the retail price being three times higher, the company is set for a losing battle. However, this financial imbalance would not affect the automaker from launching the Chrysler-built electric ...

Atomik Gives the Fiat 500 an Electric Makeover

March 12, 2010 / No Comments

The Fiat 500 is one of the most popular cars in Fiat's stable. Though the small car isn't a huge polluter, it still runs on fossil fuels, and Fiat have as of yet not displayed any interest in putting out an electric version of the 500. It appears though that there is a market for a cleaner 500, and since ...

The Electric Fiat Tender Two by Castagna

September 11, 2008 / No Comments

Italian coachbuilder Castagna says it can turn a Fiat 500 into a tender or two. And they did it in six quick steps. 1. First they had to remove the top, remove the doors and the tailgate 2. Then they enlarged the sills, but kept some semblance of structural integrity 3. Removed the entire interior 4. Replaced the interior with some canvas for weather ...