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Dacia Spring Electric opens a new price perspective for those who badly want to buy an electric vehicle. Using the eco-bonuses available in some European countries, it could be acquired even for less than €10000 ($11,800). Is this tiny Romanian-branded but Chinese-made city car a true game changer? 31 photos
Big electric cars, big prices – there we have Porsche Taycan, Mercedes EQ-automobiles and Tesla-stuff. Small electric cars, low prices – here we have the Dacia Spring Electric, a product developed by the Renault Group (they also produce the Renault Zoe mini hatchback). The list price of the Dacia Spring Electric is about €18100, yet the vehicle might be acquired for half this amount if certain government incentive conditions are applied. Anyway, €18100 means you could get 10 of these Dacias for the price of a Porsche Taycan Turbo S. In fact, what’s this tiny vehicle good for?
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11 March 2021
The new Dacia Spring Electric, said to be Europe s most affordable EV, has gone on sale in France priced from €12,403 after that country s generous EV incentives.
That minimum price, equivalent to £10,630, positions the Spring alongside a mid-range, conventionally fuelled Sandero in terms of cost.
The French government currently offers a grant to buyers of sub-€45,000 EVs amounting to 27% of the cost of purchase, including tax, and a further €2500 if the EV is bought in exchange for an older ICE car to be scrapped.
Pre-orders for the four-seat Spring open on 20 March, while a two-seat commercial variant will be introduced in 2022.
Just like in Germany, also in France, December 2020 was the culmination of the EV rush in 2020. Almost one in five new cars sold turned out to be a plug-in.