The Dacia Spring Electric is now available

"Good news!" - James May

The benefit to the BEV marketplace is that it gives consumers a point a reference to compare to the upper ends of the market allowing them quickly decide if vehicles between those two points are offering suitable range at their price point.<p>Originally a Leaf was good for 117 KM EPA&#x2F;173 KM NEDC.<p>We have cars pushing or exceeding 500km and a few elite in the 700km+. So repeating myself, people can see this Dacia with its 225km range with a 26.8 kWh battery can be had at just under 18k Euros, they can walk up market and at each stage make a determination in their head as to whether the manufacturer is actually offering a good deal. This is going to put more pressure on those who under perform on range as there are a few just over 300km range at very steep price points

The title is wrong, the car was just announced, it is not available NOW. It does not even have a price announced, otherwise I would probably order one right now. I currently don&#x27;t have a car, but I need one only for short city drives orthogonal on public transportation routes and the range is not a problem, weather protection in the winter is.

Any insight about who makes the batteries for those cars?

It&#x27;s no Dacia Sandero, though.

The future of French cars… made in China.

I just looked for the announcement video and it felt very bad that the CEO pronounced Dacia wrong so many times in 4 minutes:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=IUwmEXtMYGQ" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=IUwmEXtMYGQ</a><p>At the same time I hope it will be successful on the market.

Top speed of 78 miles per hour and a maximum range of 140 miles. This car is not really acceptable for freeway driving.