{"id":120941,"date":"2024-09-15T04:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T04:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2024\/09\/15\/the-arrival-of-the-fiat-500e-is-music-to-a-pedestrians-ears\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:24:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:24:53","slug":"the-arrival-of-the-fiat-500e-is-music-to-a-pedestrians-ears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2024\/09\/15\/the-arrival-of-the-fiat-500e-is-music-to-a-pedestrians-ears\/","title":{"rendered":"The arrival of the Fiat 500e is music to a pedestrian\u2019s ears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Body\">Electric vehicles are required to emit an alert warning sound at low speeds and by now we&rsquo;ve all grown used to their weird hum as they pass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiatcanada.com\/en\/500e\">2024 Fiat 500e<\/a> now offers an Italian twist by playing a classical-style composition through its bumper. The brief melody is called the &ldquo;The Sound of 500,&rdquo; penned by Flavio Ibba and Marco Gualdi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Italian culture vultures will thrill to the immersive JBL Virtual Venues audio technology in the cabin. It changes the audio characteristics to those of four venues hand-selected by Maestro Andrea Bocelli, one being the Giuseppe Verdi Opera House, in Pisa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Choose My Recording Studio and you enjoy the&nbsp;pure acoustics of a virtual space replicating Bocelli&rsquo;s own studio. My Music Room seats you in the front row, in front of your favourite artists. Open-Air Arena took me took me back to Mick and the boys playing &ldquo;Start me up&rdquo; at B.C. Place (ask your dad, kids).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Wonderful. But I must give a thumbs down to the tune played when the start\/stop button is pressed. The annoying TV game show&nbsp;<em>Jeopardy<\/em>&nbsp;theme rings in your ears and you can&rsquo;t turn it off!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Oh, just remembered this is a car test-drive report so here we go.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"km-fiat500erea3\" id=\"file-9238113\" src=\"http:\/\/interior-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/km-fiat500erea3.jpg\" \/><figcaption>2024 Fiat 500e rear view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Body\">It&#39;s the lightest EV available and its 42-kWh battery, offers a range up to 227 kilometres. Truthfully, it is a city car, for shopping and running errands so you are unlikely to drain the battery daily. And it&rsquo;s unlikely you will visit Grandma across the province in this revived Italian classic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">The fast-charge capability adds 50 kilometres of range after only five minutes of charging; and 80-per-cent battery capacity in just 35 minutes. With a Level 2 (11-kW) charger, the most common charger available at work places and condo buildings, six hours plugged in will take it from zero to 100 per cent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Driving the Fiat is Fun with a capital F, in town and on the highway, where you can leave bigger guys in your dust. Rockets from a standing start to 100 km\/h in 8.7 seconds. There are three drive modes, &lsquo;Normal&rsquo; duplicates your gas guzzler driving characteristics and helpful if you want to test the acceleration boast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Selecting &lsquo;Range&rsquo; activates the one-pedal-drive function, which optimizes regenerative braking to capture more energy when off the pedal. I used this for most of the week and soon adjusted to the self-braking. &lsquo;Sherpa&rsquo; maximizes energy efficiency by limiting the top speed to 80 km\/h and reducing power available. However step on the &lsquo;gas&rsquo; and it gets you out of a tight spot quickly. Valuable if you are 20 k from home and the battery seems to be almost drained!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"km-fiat500e\" id=\"file-9238114\" src=\"http:\/\/interior-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/km-fiat500e.jpg\" \/><figcaption>Fiat fans will tear-up when they see the rounded cluster and two-spoke steering wheel, reminiscent of the 1957 runaround.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Body\">The two-door, four-seater, retains the familiar <i>Cinque-Cento<\/i> look but it is a little larger in width and length than the previously available gas-powered version. Err, two adults up front and two rug-rats or back packs in the back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Fiat fans will tear-up when they see the rounded cluster and two-spoke steering wheel, reminiscent of the 1957 runaround. But then the practical side of the brain will admire the 10.25-inch centre screen and a seven-inch digital cluster. The redesigned centre console and door panels, provide more space than the original for carrying daily essentials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">The driver&rsquo;s seat has six-way adjustability, including height adjustment, and both front seats are heated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">There are three colour choices but undoubtedly red is the most popular. Fiat has partnered with RED, an organization founded by U2&rsquo;s Bono and activist Bobby Shriver in 2006, initially to fight AIDS. Purchase this edition and it triggers a donation to support life-saving prevention and treatment programs in communities most in need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">The 500e Red base price is $39,995, plus $2,095 destination charge. It qualifies for the taxpayer-funded rebates, $5,000 from the feds and up to $4,000 from Victoria &ndash; though the latter is means-tested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><i>keithrmorgan@hotmail.com<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving the 2024 FIAT 500e is Fun with a capital F.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":120958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The arrival of the Fiat 500e is music to a pedestrian\u2019s ears - The Interior 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