Fiat 500e
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 18 of 40 electric cars by recommenders
Recommended as a practical, good-looking small electric car that does its job well around town. Critics distrust Fiat's reliability and find it expensive.
Recommended as a practical, good-looking small electric car that does its job well around town. Critics distrust Fiat's reliability and find it expensive.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 79%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Owned for 2 years
Median of the 3 owners who said how long they have had it.
Each square is one year.
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good looks and physical buttons
“every single other function in the car has a physical button. It is also absolutely gorgeous”
Comment from 20 Jan 2026 in “Porsche Sold More Electrified Cars in Europe in 2025 Than Pure Gas-Powered Cars” “Good looking but also a quite expensive one!”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “Sales of sub-€25,000 electric car models set to rise sevenfold” Practical and does its job
“Those cars are also just very practical for a lot of people.”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Citroen revives the 2CV for an electric age” “does it's job without issue, what's not to love?”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Japanese four-cylinder engine is so reliable still in production after 25 years” Good for city and highway
“Range was small but it was perfect for around town, and had other cars for other things.”
Comment from 22 Jun 2026 in “Mexico Just Showed Off a New Cheap, Government-Backed EV” “it is also a very reasonable highway and city car, it can happily do both”
Comment from 4 Nov 2025 in “Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Distrust of Fiat reliability
“I like the form factor of the 500e, but boy do I not trust Fiat.”
Comment from 21 Mar 2026 in “Why western carmakers' retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance” “Now the car is a brick, and isn't worth fixing.”
Comment from 21 Mar 2026 in “Why western carmakers' retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance”
Other electric cars people recommend
The four most recommended other electric cars, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla vehicles | 209 | 411 | 34% | 13 | 6 yrs24 owners | — |
| BYD electric cars | 157 | 53 | 75% | 12 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| Ferrari Luce | 140 | 319 | 31% | 7 | — | — |
| Tesla Model 3 | 128 | 115 | 53% | 13 | 6 yrs32 owners | — |
| Fiat 500eThis page | 11 | 3 | 79% | 7 | 2 yrs3 owners | Approved |
What people said
13 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the new Fiat 500 is actually not that bad”
“Those cars are also just very practical for a lot of people.”
“Good looking but also a quite expensive one!”
“It is a two-seater with an electric drive.”
“Range was small but it was perfect for around town, and had other cars for other things.”
“No appreciable benefit to it that I could feel”
“the "standard" controls (including the monochrome LCD in the instrument panel) looked really clunky and old-fashioned”
“Now the car is a brick, and isn't worth fixing.”
“I like the form factor of the 500e, but boy do I not trust Fiat.”
“had no issues with range ~130 miles”
“every single other function in the car has a physical button. It is also absolutely gorgeous”
“does it's job without issue, what's not to love?”
“it is also a very reasonable highway and city car, it can happily do both”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.