Submitted 1 day ago by Gsus4@mander.xyz to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.carscoops.com/2026/01/this-ev-was-already-cheap-then-dacia-knocked-off-nearly-6000/
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/56521103
The all-electric Dacia Spring now starts at just €11,900
Dacia Spring product website (DE)
To take advantage of the full €5,000 off, buyers must sign a purchase or lease agreement by February 28. On top of that, the car needs to be registered no later than June 30.
Sounds like a clear out to make room for new stock.
I don’t know why people are saying a 200km range is bad. Most people I know don’t drive more than 25km to work per day. Surely even 100km is perfectly fine for a daily driver.
My brother had an 80km range car for years and was perfectly fine.
Is it just that it’s not competitive at this price?
Because propaganda has convinced people that a car is useless if it can’t go 300+mi AND only take a few minutes to be ready to do it again. Range anxiety, even though they only fill up maybe once a week and could easily charge an ev at home with just a standard outlet not even a special charger and keep up with their actual real daily use
The whole entire point of a car is long road trips though. Especially in Europe, you want to live as close to your job as possible.
In North America, the point is to be your main method of ttansportation. Work, groceries, friends, all require cars to get there in a reasonable time frame. Yes there are longer trips, and personally I would not feel comfortable with a 200km max range, because the nearest large towns are upwards of that already. But for those that rarely leave their cities, you could make it work, especially if your spouse had a gas / longer range car. Seems fine for a city car.
Exactly, most people just go to work, Kaufland and to visit grandma who most of the time is 100km away. You’re not buying a Dacia Spring to go from Lisbon to Oslo, you’re buying it as a car for daily use.
Thank you for considering Lisbon in your thoughts. It’s very appreciated.
It’s a really low price, but it’s also an incredibly shitty car with terrible safety scores.
And terrible range. Advertises 300Km per charge. You’re lucky if you get 200
Not everyone lives in the US. In Germany, 70% of all distances traveled by car are only 10 kilometers or less.
I mean, that’s pretty on par for other manufacturers, rule of thumb is about half of rated range during winter. It’s not really the manufactures fault that part, the WLTP standard they have to use is just using a way too high percentage of steady-speed city driving to give a good idea of real-world usage for most people.
It’s a rebadged Dongfeng EV.
False, it’s made in China, but from Renault itself as Renault kze
I‘m not a car guy but I would like to add it also looks absolutely awful. Like so many cars from recent years.
So, a Dacia?
There are a lot of reasons that wouldn’t fly in the US:
When I was married, I did always have a small cheap commuter car, like a Civic, and ensure my ex had the big car that’s also More comfortable on road trips. But I’m no longer married so can’t justify multiple cars. My one car does need to serve the occasional road trip, so I’m more comfortable with my current 300+ mile range.
But there continue to be more full sized pickups on the road and those are what I notice with worse and worse driving. I don’t even think I’d feel safe in my civic anymore, much less something smaller
as average new car prices pass $50k, maybe people are less likely to have multiple cars than in the past
You’re quoting this on a car selling for about $15k?
Speed limit is > 70mph.
The city car only models tend to be technically quadricycles. This is a proper car.
Ever since Dacia was bought by Renault, it’s being marketed heavily throughout the EU :D foarte bun!
In the UK too
I’ve never noticed rhe brand before but in the last year or 2 I see a lot, really a lot of Dacias around here too (portugal).
No no, the line is
🇷🇴🎉🎇ROMANIA MENTIONED 🎆✨🇷🇴
I didn’t even know Dacia was its own brand before Renault got it!
I’d love to know how you pronounce it though - specifically the ‘C’. Do you (i.e. Romanians) pronounce it like an S or a K or something else??
I think it should be a CH, like cheese. Not Romanian, just how I’ve heard it pronounced.
Here in the UK when the brand first appeared the press were saying it like Day-sea-er, but it fairly quickly changed to Dah-cha (like the start of satchel) and has stayed that way.
Looks like a little, simple car that’s great for city use. The range isn’t too bad for day to day use. It’s probably only a viable option in European cities though
Why? How long is a commute in the US? In Canada even a long commute that isn’t some special circumstance would be ~30km and this thing has lots of range for that.
30 km is long?!
I commute 14 km on the bike in Munich. (When the weather is not really icy).
I had a pretty rough 1 hour/60 mile (97 km) commute for two years, but most of my commutes before and since have been around about 30 min/25 miles (40 km). Plenty of people around me commute into the city, and that’s about a 50 mile (80 km) commute. Just a few data points from one person… But the US is VERY car-brained, very big, and VERY spread out, so I believe this is pretty common. And while a lot of our land is inhospitable like Canada’s, it’s easier to deal with super hot than super cold so people are literally everywhere, while Canada’s population of course hugs a narrow strip of the southern border. We went to visit my family for Christmas, only 3 states away, but we drove 1200 miles (1930 km) to get there.
The other things to consider are the 19 second 0-60/0-100 speed, and the top speed of 78 mph/125 kph. A lot of our commuting is at high speed on freeways from suburbs to urbs. The slow acceleration could be a liability on super tight freeway ramps and just generally at high speeds in traffic. And it’s incapable of going the posted speed limit of 80-85 mph (129-137 kph) that we have in some jurisdictions. Freeways that fast are uncommon and most do top out at 65-75 mph (105-120 kph), but I have a feeling that needing to push the car to its absolute limits could be dangerous.
Bad news!
The Dacia Sandero has been delayed.
“The all-electric Dacia Spring now starts at just €11,900 (around $13,900), thanks to a massive €5,000 (around $5,900 at current exchange rates) discount.”
24kwh battery, 300 km range or so .
300 km out of 24 kWh?
Press X to doubt.
Depends on the weight of the vehicle.
I don’t know what typical ranges are for given kWh, but it’s probably worth noting that it’s quite a lightweight car and that number is for city use, i.e. low speed
I’d really like to get this car but most people have told me it’s too risky for me, anyone else has any input?
I can’t load at home or work, but I could load at a station accessible by foot a few minutes from my house, as well as once a week when I go shopping for about 30-45 minutes.
I only have to drive twice a week, 90km per day two days in a row, with no opportunity to load in between, but I could load the day before and the day after.
People have told me it’s too risky especially in winter I might not make it on that distance.
I have this car since 2024. The previous generation. I can answer some more questions if you wish.
I charge at home. Sometimes at DC when I do some longer trips. Longest was 300km at once. Had to do 2 stops 30 minutes each.
Normally in the summer I get 2km per 1% of battery. That is 11kw/h while driving 110km/h on the Autobahn. During winter it goes down to 1,5km per 1%.
That means I can safely drive 160km in one hop and the charge with some bigger buffer during summer. 100km during winter.
That is for a long trips. I use this car mainly to move around my city. If I wouldn’t charge it at home I’d charge it during weekend groceries. 40 minutes charging on any DC charger would bump it up to 90% easily. So groceries time.
Apart of this this car is a banger. A classic car with no bullshit digital stuff, but electric.
Great! Moving on…
I would love this as a commute car (if it was available in the US). I do have to drive about 80km round trip but it’s only 2-3 times per week so it would be fine. The only caveat would be top speed which would be fine if it’s in the 100 kph range.
Get yourself a used Nissan Leaf. About the same price, does that range. I’ve had one as a commuter car for 10 years. It’s perfect. Only maintenance is new tires and wiper blades. It’s basically paid for itself in reduced maintenance and fuel prices.
Each i have seriously considered that.
Family income of 30k a year max they really just wanna entrap people onto permanent debt.
I don’t get how you come to that conclusion. If you properly read the article you would have seen that the €30k limit is for a subsidy/emission reduction scheme by a governmental organization in Italy bringing the car prize down to €3900. That’s far from pushing the people into debt…
The cost is 6000$ and your soul
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
Most of the people in this post complaining about the range obviously aren’t EV owners. I’ve just done a multi-country road trip covering thousands of km. Taking a 20 minute break every few hours is hardly arduous, you’d be doing something similar on your own anyway.