http://autos.aol.com/article/fiat-chryler-ceo-please-dont-buy-the-fiat-500e/ Fiat-Chryler CEO: Please Don't Buy The Fiat 500e May 21, 2014
[image http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/28007ffd7f2a724d2fc78386e2d1dac0/200147006/01-2013-fiat-500-turbo-review.jpg The 500e is costing Fiat $14,000 each time it sells (Fiat) ] Company loses $14,000 on ever electric vehicle Fiat-Chrysler's CEO had a strange request for electric vehicle shoppers on Wednesday: don't buy the all-electric Fiat 500e. While CEO Sergio Marchionne was speaking at a conference in Washington, he told the crowd he's tired of Chrysler-Fiat losing money, The Detroit News reported. "I hope you don't buy it (the 500e), because every time I sell one, it costs me $14,000," he said to the audience at the Brookings Institution. "I'm honest enough to tell you that." Marchionne said federal and state fuel efficiency mandates are forcing the automaker to build unprofitable cars, according to Reuters. A normal Fiat 500 starts at almost $17,300, and the 500e starts at $32,650, before federal and state tax credits. There is no sales data to indicate how the 500e is performing. [© 2014 AOL] ... http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140521/AUTO0101/305210092/Marchionne-Fiat-loses-14K-every-electric-500 Marchionne: Fiat loses $14K on every electric 500 May 21, 2014 ... http://news.boldride.com/2014/05/fiat-ceo-tells-customers-to-not-buy-one-of-his-cars-but-which-one/49355/ 'Fiat-Chrysler CEO would rather customers not buy the Fiat 500e EV' 22 May 2014 ... http://www.complex.com/rides/2014/05/fiat-ceo-sergio-marchionne-500e Fiat CEO: "Don't Buy a Fiat 500e" May 22, 2014 For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date http://www.autoworldnews.com/articles/7424/20140514/teslas-elon-musk-200-gigafactories-will-be-needed.htm Musk sez '200 Gigafactories' Will Be Needed http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/13/3437155/batteries-sold-first-quarter-2014/ Sales Of Hybrid And Electric Car Batteries Have Tripled In Three Years http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/latest/panasonic-signs-letter-of-intent-on-tesla-gigafactory/story-e6frg90f-1226914396206 Panasonic signs 'letter of intent' on Tesla gigafactory http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/13/5695442/my-house-is-my-gas-station-and-so-is-yours My house is my gas station (and so is yours) http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/05/adorable-elderly-couple-buy-matching-teslas/ Adorable Couple Buy Matching His&Her Tesla-S EVs + EVLN: 2014 i-MiEV, most affordable EV in America arrives this spring {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Their-CEO-sez-Don-t-buy-the-Fiat-500e-EV-tp4669611.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
