Fiat has announced that it is planning to go completely electric before the end of this decade.
According to the Italian marque’s CEO, Olivier Francois, the announcement is connected to a meeting he had with noted architect Stefano Boeri, perhaps most famous for the Bosco Verticale twin residential towers in Milan covered in trees and vegetation.
Francois and Boeri discussed the need to make urgent changes in urban landscapes, which Boeri stated are responsible for 70 per cent of global C02 emissions.
“It is our duty to bring to market electric cars that cost no more than those with an internal combustion engine, as soon as we can, in line with the falling costs of batteries,” said François “We are exploring the territory of sustainable mobility for all: this is our greatest project. Between 2025 and 2030, our product line-up will gradually become electric-only. This will be a radical change for Fiat.”
Furthermore, it is reported that the well-known rooftop racetrack on Fiat’s old Lingotto factory will soon get a green transformation as well.
“Meanwhile, in the near future, only a few months from now, I am proud that we will see the conversion of the legendary track on the roof of the former Lingotto factory in Turin into the largest hanging gardens in Europe, hosting over 28,000 plants,” he said. “A major, meaningful – and once again sustainable – project, due to revitalize the city of Turin, our home.”
Source: Stellantis
