Fiat to Switch to Electric Vehicles Exclusively by the End of the Decade

By the end of the decade, Fiat will have switched to producing only electric car models, as confirmed by CEO Olivier Francois.

– We are researching the area of sustainable mobility for all: this is our biggest project. Between 2025 and 2030, our line of products will have gradually become exclusively electric. It will be a radical change for Fiat – Francois said in a statement.

His statement was made right ahead of the World Environment Day, June 5.

Slightly more than a year ago, Fiat showcased its new, fully electric 500e model, and Francois said that the sports electric Abarth version of 500e was in the final phase of development as well, the Klix portal reports.

The announcement is related to the meeting that Francois had with architect Stefano Boeri, perhaps best known for the Bosco Verticale residential towers in Milan, covered in trees and shrubs.

They talked about the necessity of urgent changes in urban areas, which Boeri said were responsible for 70% of the global CO2 emissions.

– Our duty is to offer to the market, as soon as possible, electric cars which don’t cost more than those with internal combustion engines, in line with the drop of the costs of batteries – Francois said.

Furthermore, Francois also said that the well known roof track on Fiat’s old Lingotto factory in Turin would go through a green transformation not too long after in the form of hanging gardens with 28,000 seedlings.

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