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Not only will the upcoming Fiat Grand Panda be one of the cheapest electric cars when it goes on sale in Europe next year, it will also be the first to offer an integrated charging cable.
Currently, EV owners are forced to spool up their awkward and heavy cables, before attempting to stuff them back into a stowage area, typically below a boot or trunk floor. A right pain if your storage area is already packed with bags and kit.
Fiat’s innovative solution, which it slightly excessively describes as “reinventing” charging, is to integrate a coiled cable that retracts into the vehicle’s body work when not in use.
