Category: Fiat

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, MPG, Fiat
We were introduced to Fiat’s eco:Drive system during the Paris Motor Show in October. If you don’t remember, no worries. Here’s a refresher: eco:Drive uses a USB stick that fits in certain Fiat model dashboards and records information on how you’re driving. This information is then fed into your computes, […]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, MPG, Fiat, Lightweight, European Union, UK
It’s been widely reported already that Fiat is working up a new city car that would revive the old Topolino nameplate in Europe. Now it seems that the Italian automaker is considering launching a completely new marque for that city car along with two additional models that […]

Filed under: Ethanol, Fiat, South/Latin America

Today, ethanol is not the most favored solution to oil dependency, but it was not always so frowned upon. Here’s a car that deserves a place in the history of ethanol’s growth. A Brazilian friend of mine pointed to me to the first mass-produced ethanol car (with the exception of […]

Filed under: Hybrid, Fiat, European Union

It’s time to add Fiat to the list of manufacturers - such as BMW, MINI and Kia - that will use Bosch Start/Stop technology. Fiat will start using this technology in the Fiat 500, initially with the 1.2-liter gasoline engine that is mated to the automanual Dualogic gearbox. This […]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Solar, Fiat, European Union

Click above for more shots of the Phylla ZEV
We first took a look at the Phylla 2+2 electric vehicle back in May. Back then, it was nothing but a series of ideas, plans and renderings. Now, though, it’s been realized in the metal (and composites, we’re sure) and has […]