One Man's Fiat 500e Electric Car Might Get Him To Sell His BMW

It's been said before, but the only way to understand why electric cars are a better way to drive is to drive one.

The shorthand for that rule is "getting butts in seats."

That's the process of putting inexperienced drivers behind the wheel of modern plug-in vehicles to let them experience the smooth, quiet power and the torquey acceleration from rest.

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Now comes a blog post that indicates how well that process works.

Southern California marketing executive Chris Baccus has been a friend of Green Car Reports for a while now.

Last month, he ended up buying a 2015 Fiat 500e based on an article on the site that described how a group of race-car enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay Area had collectively bought more than 100 of the little electric minicars.

Since then, Baccus has been driving his 500e on his daily commute and using it for family errands. How much does he like it?

As he writes, he finds his electric car so much fun to drive that he's even considered selling his BMW convertible.

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Baccus had already test-driven the Nissan Leaf, Volkswagen e-Golf, and Ford Focus Electric, but the cheap-lease deal on the 500e was too good to pass up.