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Here are the summary points from the video:The Abarth 500e is the latest hot hatch, promising fun, excellent handling, and everything expected from Fiat's sporty division, but it's electric.
The Abarth 500e uses the same tried-and-tested formula of taking the base car and making it handle better, adding some grunt for maximum fun.
The electric Abarth uses the same 42 kWh battery as the Fiat 500e but gives its motor 152 bhp and 234 Nm of torque, which is a bump of 35 bhp and 15 Nm over the regular car.
The 62 mph comes in seven seconds and tops out at 96 mph.
The range is about 155 miles.
For an anti-social noise, the car has fake engine noise playing out through the speakers in both the interior and exterior, from a subwoofer underneath. When it accelerates, it plays rock music.
The Abarth 500e is a little slower than the outgoing petrol 695.
It has a worse range than the standard 500e.
12-25 mph takes one second less, 25-35 mph happens 1.5 seconds quicker.
It’s well-suited for getting around town and maybe even the track.
Being based on the Fiat 500e means that the Abarth uses the new car's chassis and platform; a 60 mm wider track and a 24 mm longer wheelbase, which helps handling.
The batteries are in the floor, for weight distribution: 43% in the rear and 57% in the front.
There’s a new suspension tune, 18-inch wheels, and disc brakes all-round.
The 500e weighs in at 1365 kg.
It is launched in Acid Green and features nice aggressive bumpers, diffuser, and spoiler, a new Abarth writing on the front, an indicator, and racing stripes down the side with a Funky Scorpion badge on the side.
The inside is mostly the same as the Fiat 500e; a 7-inch instrument screen, and a 10.25-inch infotainment set-up with both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto as well as Abarth exclusive performance pages, with a three-spoke steering wheel.
Depending on the spec, it gets a JBL sound system, and Alcantara.
With 400-volt architecture, it can draw up to 85 kW, which means getting from zero to 80% in about 35 minutes.
1949 units of the Scorpianissima will be built.
