FIAT 600e
Red electric FWD automatic
Sustainability Rating: 5 stars
Our verdict:
The electric FIAT 600e achieves remarkable results in the sustainability assessment. The small EV impresses with high powertrain efficiency and its life cycle impact benefits from its low mass and moderate battery size.
- The FIAT 600e has no tailpipe emissions and low tyre, brake, and production- and fuel supply-related emissions due to its compact size and efficiency.
- It features a low-consuming powertrain and efficient heating, maintaining impressive energy performance even in cold and highway conditions.
- It achieves top marks for greenhouse gas emissions, showing low life cycle climate impact thanks to its small size, smart design and high overall efficiency.
While it can be expected that a car with a relatively low mass and moderate battery capacity will score in the non-usage life cycle phases, the FIAT 600e surprised with a very low electricity consumption in all tests. The measurement figures are notably better than those of many other vehicles of the same class.
Driving Experience
Our comments:
The FIAT 600e shows that high sustainability scoring does not necessarily come at the cost of usability. The car generally shows adequate to good performance in the tested categories and represents its class very well.
- The small electric SUV shines with low consumption values in different tests, resulting in acceptable driving ranges. Drivers can trust the consumption figures shown on the display, keeping in mind that they only reflect the energy amount withdrawn from the battery. The amount needed to charge it is naturally higher.
- The heating performance of the car in -7°C cold start conditions is impressively fast. In the rear footwell it would take a bit longer to reach comfortable temperatures. The fact that the temperature at the non-occupied rear seat did not increase as for the occupied one suggests that the vehicle might be able to actively provide comfort only to the passengers present in the car, smartly saving potentially wasted energy.
- Both the standard home AC charging and the fast DC charging performance are adequate. The car does not provide any kind of bidirectional charging.
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