Peri, I was a tad negative about the Fiat 500e in my response. I was pretty happy for 2.5 years. The dash would state a range of 90 miles when I would leave for the day. In 70F weather it would travel 60 to 70 miles not going over 55 or 60 mph. In 100 to 115F weather with the AC on (like your 30F with the heater on) it would travel 35 to 45 miles and keep above the 10% charge turtle mode. The 120 volt charger that comes with it is run at 240 volts in Europe. You can build an adapter or change the cord end to run it at 240 volts. I bought a used 240 volt charger that I never installed because the little 120 volt charger run at 240 was fast enough to charge the car fully overnight, except for one or two times. I almost bought a receiver hitch to install. I found some rims on E-bay that fit and installed those, going up a tire size. The local tire company quoted me a high price for the original size tires. In all fairness, I did not search very hard for affordable tires. I found low cost tires easily for the new rims. The navigation system is a unit that is removable that drops into the top of the dash. It may not come with a used vehicle, but can be purchased on E-bay. I did not take the time to get used to it. I was seriously considering a Nissan Leaf when at the last minute the Fiat 500e was available at a comparable price. I liked the looks of the Fiat, the range numbers were higher, and I jumped. I think the Leaf with 4 doors would work better for passengers. The Fiat can handle a lot of cargo with the rear seats folded down, and two adults comfortably in the front. Alan
On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 7:18 AM Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Does anyone have experience with the fiat 500e ? I'm looking at yet > another option to replace our 2011 leaf. I don't have time to find > replacement cells for the leaf and paying someone to do the whole job is > probably $8-$10k, more than I want to spend on an old car. It looks like > I could get a used 2017 or 2018 model for about $15k. > > My wife wants a small car and the 500e would be a great fit. It *should* > have substantially better range than our old leaf but I want to hear > from other people. > > - what 70F range do you get for city driving ? ...for highway driving ? > - what 30F (with heat & defrost) range city ? highway ? > > Any significant concerns about the car ? > > Thanks, > Peri > > << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20230203/d6d76389/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
