Living in Long Beach, CA, the Fiat 500e offers an ideal option for navigating the city's bustling streets and vibrant… coastal scenery. Its compact design makes it a breeze to park in tight spaces, a frequent necessity in this high-density urban area. The nimble handling of the 500e allows for easy maneuvering through busy traffic, making your daily commutes or weekend outings to local attractions like the Queen Mary or the Long Beach Aquarium more enjoyable.
However, potential buyers should consider its limitations. The 500e falls behind when it comes to range and technology compared to other electric vehicles. While it serves well for short trips around town, those who require longer drives or advanced infotainment and safety features may find better alternatives in the market. Rivals with more substantial range and modern amenities could better suit the diverse needs of Long Beach residents, especially for weekend getaways to nearby attractions. If your driving patterns align with the 500e’s capabilities, it can serve as a charming and efficient companion, but it's essential to weigh its practicality against newer options that offer enhanced functionality.
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA / 32 miles away from Long Beach, CA
Clean CARFAX. Nero Noctis Black 2017 Fiat 500e Battery Electric FWD Single Speed Electric Motor 4-Wheel Disc Brakes, 6 Speakers, ABS brakes, Automatic...
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VIN: 3C3CFFGE4HT621048 Stock: D3466E Certified Pre-Owned: No Listed since: 07-11-2025
Located in Laguna Niguel, CA / 31 miles away from Long Beach, CA
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VIN: 3C3CFFGE7GT221967 Stock: H024188A Certified Pre-Owned: No Listed since: 07-19-2025
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Located in Glendale, CA / 25 miles away from Long Beach, CA
The bold design of our Accident Free, Low Mileage 2017 Fiat 500e Hatchback in Granito Lucente isn't the only thing that's electric here! Powered by a ...
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VIN: 3C3CFFGE3HT704566 Stock: 21700 Certified Pre-Owned: No Listed since: 05-17-2025
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Located in Pasadena, CA / 26 miles away from Long Beach, CA
Only 62,723 Miles! This FIAT 500E boasts a Electric engine powering this Automatic transmission. WHEELS: 15" X 5.5" FR & 15" X 6.5" RR ALUMINUM (STD),...
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VIN: 3C3CFFGE5JT377416 Stock: T251170A Certified Pre-Owned: No Listed since: 07-16-2025
Located in N Hollywood, CA / 32 miles away from Long Beach, CA
1 Owner! Electric 90 mile Capacity. Navigation. Bluetooth. Heated Seats. AUX and USB. Automatic. Clean Title. Well Maintained. Accessories & color may...
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VIN: 3C3CFFGE6HT570975 Stock: 102623 Certified Pre-Owned: No Listed since: 07-10-2025
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Located in Los Angeles, CA / 23 miles away from Long Beach, CA
2013 FIat 500e in hard to find orange exterior with black interior. Comes equipped with an automatic transmission, moon roof, power windows, power doo...
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VIN: 3C3CFFGE4DT751051 Stock: DT751051 Certified Pre-Owned: No Listed since: 03-05-2025
Located in Riverside, CA / 42 miles away from Long Beach, CA
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VIN: 3C3CFFGE3FT652823 Stock: 652823 Certified Pre-Owned: No
Located in San Diego, CA / 87 miles away from Long Beach, CA
Up for sale is this Iconic Italian car, Extremely well maintained, CLEAN CARFAX REPORT, NO ACCIDENTS, 2015 Fiat 500e FULL ELECTRIC. This vehicle looks...
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VIN: 3C3CFFGE1FT581668 Stock: 581668 Certified Pre-Owned: No Listed since: 03-10-2025
I'll never understand why Edmunds or other reviewers judge all cars on the same metrics. Not everything is a 3 row midsize SUV. Not everyone has 3 kids, 2 dogs and builds a new deck every weekend. Knocking this because it's small is ridiculous, it's *SUPPOSED* to be small, dummies. It's like taking points off an F-350 because it's too big to park in most garages, can't make a u-turn … in 4 lanes or gets 12mpg. If it does what you need that is what matters, compare it to other cars in the same segment with the same use case.
The total cargo space isn't huge, but the hatch opening relative to that size sure is which is more useful to many people than the total volume or length. I go to Target and come home with huge packages of TP and paper towels all the time but only need to haul plywood maybe once a decade. We put a 54qt Igloo cooler and 4 bags of groceries in the back without folding the seats or removing the cargo cover just fine. The rear seat folding is pretty awful though, it's not that they don't go level with the floor that bugs me but that they don't even fold in the neighborhood of flat, more like a 30 degree angle. Removing the seatbacks completely is something I might try. There are plenty of storage areas around the cabin to satisfy drivers, remember this is never going to have more than 2 adults in it so why do I need 10 storage bins, it's not a 7 passenger minivan and nobody is taking this cross country, how much crap do you need to stash in a daily commuter? A second cupholder up front would have been good, that *was* dumb.
Materials are on the cheap side, though the dash still looks cool, but I actually seek out cars with lots of hard plastic interior bits as they smell less toxic right from the beginning, the softer the material the longer it takes to outgas. Hard plastics are also a big reason this weighs under 3k lbs and gets 150 miles of range from a tiny battery. My only complaint about the materials is the seat/door fabric IS really budget, better suited to a car half the price. There is no getting around that though as the "better" seats (remember when vinyl was gross and not premium?) only come on the more expensive models which don't have cheap leases available and nobody in their right mind is going to pay $37k for one of those. I'd get the front seats recovered in something much better if we keep it but considering Fiat at least and likely Stellantis as a whole will probably cease to exist before lease end I don't think I want to own this long term. On the seat subject, not having heated seats (and steering wheel) is a horrible kick in the teeth to an EV owner as that is pretty much the only way to be comfortable when it's cold without killing your range. Those should both be mandatory equipment in any EV. This alone should take it off your list if you're in a frequently cold climate. The heater in the 500e does do a good job though, better than our Honda Prologue by a good margin but that's because it's not a heat pump so it will hurt your range a lot in the cold.
Performance is fine, good even. How can anyone consider 7.8 seconds to 60 as painfully slow? I guess nobody writing reviews remembers the 70's or 80's as 7.5 seconds was mid 80's IROC and 5.0 Mustang territory. Run of the mill econo cars back then were taking 20+ seconds to get up to speed, anything under 10 was legit quick. Yeah, you won't win any street races against other EV's but at no point does it feel inadequate, it gets the jump off the line and up to 45 over most cars with little effort. It's a total blast to drive in the city, like a go cart. The handling is excellent, and the ride is far better than you'd expect in such a small car (under 60mph) and has some of the best outward visibility of any car sold today. Things get a bit busy, buzzy and loud above 65 but it can go 85 with ease. Judge it for it's intended use, it can u-turn in a bowling alley, park in a coat closet. Using only level 1 takes just 24 hours to go from 10% to completely full and 10 hours overnight will get you 60+ miles of daily commute range. At 32 amp level 2 it's 5 hours from 0-100%. Even the DCFS speed isn't bad, sure it's only 85kw but given the size of the battery you'll never spend more than 20 minutes at the charger. Nobody is road tripping this other than to make ridiculous social media content.
Tech is a bit of a letdown. They clearly want to push the higher models as the only way to get radar cruise, lane centering, heated seats and decent stereo. Radar cruise makes stop and go traffic so much less stressful, the 500e would benefit more than most and $34k isn't cheap, adaptive cruise should be here. LKAS isn't as important for something you won't road trip much if at all but it would be nice, the cameras are already here. It doesn't allow you to set a charge % limit for some reason yet there is a 1-5 charge level limiting setting that is not only not explained at all but also doesn't seem to do anything at least for American electrical standards. From what I can tell it's only purpose is to game free parking while charging scenarios so you slow the charge rate to keep the green light blinking. The lowest level 1 still allows at least 12 amp 120v charging so anyone needing less due to a circuit limit will have to buy another EVSE that can itself be turned down. The stereo is weak, again they are trying to bump you into a higher trim. While you can't change the head unit on a modern car I might look into getting the speakers replaced with something not so garbage if we keep it. You can't shuffle songs from a USB drive on this, why? Some decisions make you wonder if any of th design team has ever driven a car. There is no way to see your efficiency in miles/KWH. Instead there is a useless display that shows MPGe which has no purpose beyond comparing different electric cars. If you want to know your m/kwh you have to divide the MPGe by 33.7, everyone can just do that in their head, right? There is also a pointless guess o meter miles to empty that anyone familiar with an EV ignores completely. It *needs* a trip meter with current m/kwh and state of charge you can see on the main speedometer screen, the other things are useless. The Fiat app is pretty bad and unreliable but that's par for the course, our Honda link app is even worse. If you want to set a schedule for cabin preheat or charging schedule do it in the car or don't expect it will actually work. For free it sucks, as a paid sub no way.
The actual downfall of this car is the price, it's laughable, pure comedy, but not good comedy...more like Gallagher in a wheelchair hitting lemons with a Fischer price plastic hammer. For our lease price that totals $5,500 all in for 36 months it's great and if we like it enough to buy it in 3 years for the $15k residual it might still be an ok deal but at $34k sticker (RED) or at some of the lease rates I've seen advertised, no chance, get out of here with that nonsense. If you pay more than $22k out the door or lease for more than $150/m sign and drive you are doomed to a life of poverty from poor decision making.
It's really a great car for it's intended use which is commuter/grocery getter, plenty of space for 2 adults and normal cargo, easy to park and a blast to drive in town. Just be honest about what you really need in a car and definitely get one cheap if you do get one.
