Fiat may add Panda EV sooner than first thought.

Fiat's EVs could use a modular battery pack shown on the Centoventi. The base version of the Centoventi has a 100-km (62 mile) range. But the customer could add up to four additional battery modules to reach a 500-km range. The choice also could be made after purchase.

Fiat could add a full-electric version of its Panda minicar as it renews it product range in Europe.

The new Panda is due in 2021 and an electric version could arrive two years later, Autocar reported It would be launched with modular, add-on battery packs to keep its price low, the magazine said.

So far, Fiat Chrysler has only said that it is developing a new electric version of its 500 minicar. Production of the 500e will start in the second quarter of 2020 at the automaker's Mirafiori plant in Fiat's home town of Turin.

The next-generation Panda will closely resemble the Centoventi car that was unveiled at the Geneva auto show in March, the brand's CEO, Olivier Francois, told Autocar.

The Centoventi concept "looks are very faithful to the next-generation Panda," a Fiat spokesman said.

Source: Automotive News Europe