Fiat 500 EV by Karabag
Fiat 500 electric by Karabag
Karabag Hamburg GmbH is a German company specialized in making electric cars, making collaboration with Lined, a company that provides electric motors, typically used in a forklift to load.
The German manufacturer has an electric version, the Fiat 500 which was chosen for its light weight and agility, but also for its appeal with refreshing retro style. Italian city car might debut -- version of zero-emission car as the Fiat 500e by Karabag .
Fiat in Europe is LPG and CNG
Surely the solution at least curious, that might earlier version of the Fiat 500 EV, electricity had been lurking in the recent times to be produced by Chrysler and unlikely that we will see distributed in Europe, especially after repeated statement on hybrid technology with Marchionne, who believe electric propulsion still too far away from the use of mass is also due to the high cost of research and development needs, the cost of which is further supported by a customer through a clear price higher than the current car with this type of technology. Selection of Fiat in fact has always been to work on improving the efficiency of gasoline and diesel engines with MultiJet Twin Air and 2, and utilization of environmentally friendly fuels LPG and CNG. A working version of the Fiat 500 with an electric motor has been implemented as a single unit, and part of private collections Gaddafi.
Zero emissions, but performance is reduced
Karabag but this issue has zero emissions of the Fiat 500, as a direct rival of the electric Smart and Renault Twizy, but has four passenger seats. This project, soon, however, shows its limitations. A true performance level, this "Fiat 500e zero emissions" created by Karabag can reach a top speed of 105 km / h, sufficient for urban and suburban routes but not on the highway or to make a quick overtaking. Overtaking is almost impossible to count the cars, partly because of heavy batteries, accelerates from 0 to 50 km / h in 8.5 seconds.
37 hp and 105 km / h maximum speed
this is because low-power electric motor, which can produce only 37.5 hp. A car designed to be used primarily urban, in part because of the autonomy of the speed reaches 100 km route.
Price
Add to that the price of the car, almost € 35,000 due to the weight to modify the original car. Instead of leasing more attractive option, which costs € 299 per month and, thanks to lower operating costs, to have a net monthly savings compared to buying gasoline 500.
