This is Miki Biasion, a living legend of motorsport.
The Abarth 500e at full speed on the circuit, and at the wheel a driving star in Italy. This is Miki Biasion, a living legend of motorsport. At 64, he is the most successful Italian rally driver, with two world titles in 1988 and 1989. Since the beginning of his career he has had ties with Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Abarth, competing in different events with the aforementioned models. marks.
He took part in the development of the famous Lancia Delta Integrale and was able to enjoy its efficiency. Times radically different from those we have today. For this reason, her 25-year-old daughter, Bettina, is in charge in this video of explaining to her father the benefits of the new Abarth 500e, the new generation of electric sports cars from the scorpion brand.
This new Abarth has 154 horsepower, thus being a second faster than the 165-hp gasoline version. It has about 235 Nm, an energy available as soon as you touch the accelerator pedal. These are higher values than the 118 horsepower offered by the Fiat 500e.
The first electric Abarth accelerates from 0-100 in 7 seconds, getting the Abarth 595 about 7.8 seconds in the same test. The maximum speed is 155 km/h, less than what the aforementioned gasoline does. All this with a charging system of 85 kW of power, which promises to charge 50 km of autonomy in five minutes plugged into a fast socket. If you’re looking to get to 80% capacity, you need about 35 minutes.
