'No case for EV'

While some van manufacturers rush to embrace electric vehicles, Fiat is notable for not offering alternatively-fuelled vehicles.

Is Fiat missing a trick or playing its cards wisely?

According to Fedrigo, the case has not yet been made for Fiat to invest huge sums of money into EV technology.

“At present in the UK, where vans are concerned there are too many little problems to persuade us to bring an EV to market.

“We acknowledge that the proposition could work for a fleet which does exactly the same round every day, but as far as we are concerned it is a small niche and there are still range and battery life issues. There are simply too many hurdles for us to jump.”