Hydrogen fuel powered electric vehicles and with flex technologies. Prototypes built with renewable curauá, coconut and sugarcane fibers, besides producting the only automobile in the world that works with up to four different fuel types will be the highlights of the Italian manufacturer.

Fiat Automóveis further highlights the New Uno, which arrives in the market to be innovative in design and in technologies directed towards low fuel consumption and emissions. At the stand reserved for Fiat technologies, the visitor can get acquainted with the model’s special version, with body made from renewable coconut and sugarcane fibers – the prototype Uno Ecology. Showing its concern with the issue of urban mobility, Fiat also displays the Fiat Dobló adapted for the transport of people with special needs, beside other novelties.

The Fiat Panda Hydrogen is a prototype of a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain driven electric vehicle, built with the objective of better environmental proposal. The fuel cell system produces electric energy and water with the highest efficiency and zero emissions. It consists basically of a Fuel Cell, produced by Nuvera and a set of innovative auxiliary technologies.

With total force, the Fuel Cell powertrain delivers 60 kw, which causes the vehicle to reach a speed higher than 120 km/h, with acceleration from zero to 50 km/h in 5 seconds. The hydrogen tank capacity assures the Panda Hydrogen autonomy greater than 200 km in an urban cycle. The Panda HyTRAN is the latest novelty of a technological development with investments from the manufacturer and from the European Community in the HyTRAN project.

Fiat Automóveis believes in different alternative energy fabrics to be used around the world. In America Latina, product research and development are performed at the Giovanni Agnelli Development Pole, located in Betim (MG), where 800 professionals work. The results of this work can be recognized in solutions like the FCC II, concept car built with natural curauá fibers and electric motor. It is a laboratory on wheels to motivate investigation with new components. The Palio Weekend Electric is another highlight. Up to this time, 50 units were already produced and are in circulation in Brazil. The Siena Tetrafuel works with any mixture of gasoline or alcohol, pure gasoline, pure alcohol and VNG (vehicular natural gas). The model is another attraction that can be tested during test-drive.

Fiat Automóveis makes solutions in comfort and technology available in its complete line of vehicles adapted to people with special needs in Brazil since 1996, when it launched the Autonomy project so as to facilitate to the fullest access of people with special needs into an automobile adequate to their needs. At the Challenge Bibendum 2010, Fiat displays the Fiat Dobló HLX 1.8 with Electro-hydraulic Elevating Platform and elevated roof, especially adequate for the manufacturer’s partner companies.

Fiat and sustainable mobility

Fiat Automóveis is the sales leader in the Brazilian vehicle market and forms part of one of the major Brazilian industrial groups, Fiat Group, allying its economic expression with practices of social responsibility and respect towards the environment, widely recognized by the society. Fiat’s history is marked by innovation, development of pioneer technologies in its automobiles and constant superseding of quality norms. This commitment can be found in each action of Fiat, inside and outside the company, in order to fulfill our vision: to be among the main market players and to be reference of excellence in automobile products and services. This vision of development brings along with the commitment with sustainability for equilibrium of the economic results with the social and environmental benefits to the company, consumers and society.