I really like that they mention a standard outlet is sufficient: It actually recharges over 25,000 miles per year, during the time the average American spends at home. Nearly any EV can go over 20k/yr on just a standard outlet.

 

OMFG! How can they both have failed to learn how to start it! It's SO simple & logical! Just press brake & start for 1 second (or 2 quick taps).


One quick tap puts it only in "on" mode, not "run". One more tap with the brake on puts it in "run", or with the brake off turns the car off.

 

DC charging peak is 85kW (not "50"). DC videos here:

https://www.fiat500owners.com/threads/real-world-fiat-500e-5-85-ev-fast-charging-test-great-results.157029

 

Yes the app sucks. Yes the stereo isn't super-loud if the input source is weak, but...

I've only had mine a little over 1/3 of a year, but since I charge slow, I charge often, yet it has never once failed to charge, or stopped charging, so...

I wonder if they accidentally had the car's charge-preventing timer activated. I know that sounds obvious, but so is starting the car, & they didn't figure that out in 2 years (between the two of them).

 

My Bose system in my 500 is pretty good. My Nephews Abarth, has the Beats system.
It sounds great too. 500 could have install better system. I doulbt if there are any aftermarket
systems for the new 500e.

I would wonder what real driving range would be like here. In the Midwest.
Bumper to bumper, grid lock On the highway. During a blizzard here, a 20 minute
‘drive to work. Can end up 2 1/2 hour sitting on the highway. Head lamps on
wipers, heater, wheel wiper, with the window deicer rear wiper etc.

 

The actual speakers themselves are nearly always the worst part of any sound system, & there are almost certainly upgrades available for those.

 

I guess your stuck with the OEM sounds system. crunch field audio offers nothing. I think that’s gonna be the norm for all new cars these days.

 

& OMFG again:

Shock horror! If you don't put your seatbelt on, you have to hit the button to release the parking brake .

How spoiled are they?! It's probably people like this that made Fiat add a humidity sensor that can kill the car, just so you don't have to tap the 1-touch defrost button .

 

Don't get me wrong, I agree it's not perfect. In fact it has many downgrades from the 2013 model (click here).

However, for daily driving it's still my top pick of any new car currently available in America.

 

This might be a more realistic 1-year 500e review by an actual owner:

 

I wonder if waxing the car would prevent the paint from being damaged, the way we oldies used to do every Sunday morning?
My 6 mth old La Prima has inherited a problem from other vehicles with light coloured seats (I see posts from 2013 with the same problem). The white Vegan Leather seats are a real bummer (pardon the expression) for getting marked. I have to clean the outside edge of the drivers side every week (or at least I need to), blue jeans leave scuff marks on the raised edge inparticular but also on the main seat area. Comes off easily but a tad concerned about the long term durability and before some suggests white pants, I will not be wearing white pants in -20 deg C winters in Montreal.

 

For my fellow "units challenged" people*, the end result was:

75 miles of range at 13° below zero F, at 72mph**

Not exactly "extreme" by US Midwest standards, but it should give a pretty good idea.

 

** That's airspeed: Car speed plus headwind. That's by far the biggest range factor.

For example, in a 70mph headwind, driving only 10mph you'll only get about the same low range as driving 80mph with no wind.

 

*

• Video title -25° C is 13° below zero F.
• "20kph" is 12mph headwind.
• Avg speed 97kph is 60mph, for an effective airspeed of 72mph.
• "120km" with headwind all the way is 75 miles.

 

Brrrr. How about white salopettes?