Fiat discovered a reasonably unconventional option to have a good time the longest day of the 12 months – the summer season solstice of June twenty first. The carmaker dipped the all-new 600e in an enormous bucket of orange paint whereas its CEO was sitting within the automotive. The automaker has but to formally unveil the small electrical SUV, regardless of the actual fact we’ve got seen it roaming across the streets fully undisguised on a minimum of two totally different events.

The summer season solstice stunt befell in a stupendous Italian metropolis in entrance of a crowd of confused bystanders. A bucket the dimensions of a small constructing was positioned in the course of a sq. and crammed up with orange paint. Then a silver-painted Fiat 600e arrived on the scene and was loaded on a crane with a view to make the dive.

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Fiat’s CEO, Olivier Francois was courageous sufficient to remain within the driver’s seat all through the dipping course of. The EV acquired absolutely submerged within the paint after the CEO rolled up the home windows. Fortunately the colour change was saved to the outside, and Francois didn’t really want the towels handed to him when he exited the 600e.

In line with Fiat, June twenty first was “the day when the Italian colours of summer season may be loved the longest”, which explains the analogy of the paint-dripping stunt. The automaker hinted at “extra colourful novelties” for the long run, however nonetheless hasn’t given us a date for the debut of the Fiat 600e.

Fiat’s new EV is predicted to be intently associated to different Stellantis B-SUVs together with the likes of the Jeep Avenger, Opel Mokka-e, DS3 E-Tense, and Peugeot e-2008. This implies it would in all probability share the identical 154 horsepower (115 kW/156 PS) electrical motor and 54 kWh battery pack, whereas an ICE-powered model might additionally observe albeit in choose European markets.

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