Renault’s value brand Dacia is switching production of its low-cost Dacia Spring EV to Europe from China so it can benefit from French subsidies, the company announced. Priced at €17,900 for the base model ($20,789), the Spring will cost as little as €12,200 ($14,169) after French EV credits are applied. Dacia has also redesigned the Spring, making it sit a little higher and adding some sporty allure with a more muscular body design.
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The Dacia Spring will be assembled in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, at the same plant where Renault builds its Twingo E-Tech city car. The Spring now appears to be Europe’s cheapest EV after incentives, which vary depending on country and your household income.
The Spring has been a relative success for Renault, with sale of 210,000 units across the world since 2021. It’s designed to help Renault meet its ambitious 2030 goal of a 100 percent electrified mix in Europe, with half electric and half hybrid vehicle sales. Europe has ordained that fleet emissions must drop 90 percent by 2035 compared to 2021 levels.
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Edit:
Best-Selling Carmakers and Car Brands in Europe in 2026 (July):
1 Volkswagen
2 Skoda
3 Toyota
4 BMW
5 Mercedes
6 Renault
7 Audi
8 Peugeot
9 Kia
10 Dacia
Finally some good onshoring.
At first I read the headline the other way around.
Yeah, my brain is used to the order from - > to as well
It’s not super formulated
Still no Jogger EV sadly for the fans of 3 row seating etc …
Was hoping changing the Dacia CEO (Katrin Adt from Mercedes EV …) would speed this up.
Have you looked into used Nissan e-NV200?
It’s essentially the van variant of the second-gen Nissan Leaf and available with a third row of seats. A very affordable car. The footprint is absolutely tiny.
Oh didnt know abiut that model.
But jump from SUV to a van is quite a step … And 40kWh a bit low range …
It’s an older EV. You can’t exactly be picky about range with cheap EVs that at the lower end of the spectrum. When new, it had more range than this Dacia though and the drivetrain has proven itself to be exceptionally durable in the Leaf (including the batteries), so even used, it should still be fine for everyday driving.
The seating position might actually be higher than in the SUV you’re used to, but it’s one of very few modern EVs with a solid leaf-sprung rear axle, so that would take some time getting used to. I can also imagine family members objecting to the rather boxy utilitarian appearance and build quality, with barely more than token attempts at styling flourishes anywhere on the car. Then again, once you’re seated inside, you don’t have to look at its outside appearance anymore, so that’s a plus. Jokes aside, this thing makes more sense than SUVs for the overwhelming majority of people, but we are unfortunately not rational creatures.
Oh thnx, much info 🙏👍👍
The Wife Acceptance Factor tho … 😉
Yeah, I’ve had the same discussion before. “No boxy transporter under any circumstances.” Otherwise, she couldn’t give a damn about the car (provided it has heated seats), but this is apparently a red line one shall not cross.
Damn, wish they sold that in Canada
Renault EVs are coming to Canada but only the expensive Alpine versions. 2029.
Canada should join the EU
We’ll see what Carney and the EU cook-up in October. It sounds spicy
This is good, but for fucks sake, Renault, make Duster and Bigster PHEVs!!!
Perfect contrast to this article a few posts up https://unn.ua/en/news/mercedes-benz-threatened-to-close-a-plant-in-germany-and-relocate-production
The first thing in the article:
Mercedes-Benz is demanding cost cuts at its German plants and a review of benefits. Otherwise, production could be relocated to Eastern Europe.
Call me crazy, but I do not consider China to be part of Eastern Europe.
the spring is such a weird car. i guess the twingo is the same. they max out at 90km/h, so you basically can’t take them out of the city you live in. i know france is a bit more tightly packed than sweden but it’s still a strange design decision.
Based on their specs the twingo will do 130 and the spring 125 km/h . Both fine for shorter trips to the next city or so.
No version of the Spring nor Twingo maxes out at 90 kph. You must be confusing them with different vehicles, perhaps the Renault Twizy?
i may be thinking of the first-gen spring.
That one has a top speed of 125 kph.
wonder where i got that from then…
It happens. Sometimes, our brains pick up or imagine wrong information and then stick with it for a long time.
I used to think that small traffic signs cost 20 grand for some reason and once confidently blurted this out when I was younger, which got me some strange looks.
Shut your stupid little mouth you’re not talking shit about the EV twingo in my neighborhood.
It’s one the cutest if not THE cutest little EV ever made
oh it looks adorable, no argument here
Wrong. 130 km/hr. Also known as fast enough. Get back to Facebook.
we’ve hashed that out already. why that tone?
I don’t know if that limit is specific to your market, but I’ve personally driven a Spring over 110 km/h so they don’t have that limit where I am. The new one has 80 horsepower, should be plenty to go that fast.
