New Dacia EV incoming, based on the new Renault Twingo EV. Probably one of the cheapest EVs in Europe? They are targeting a price below €18k, before incentives. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/dacia-spring-remain-sale-alongside-twingo-based-city-ev
>>28804339I'd rather pay an extra 1k to get Twingo's aura (plus a small bonus of not looking like a total poorfag).
>>28804339Kinda weird to simultaneously offer two similar city cars. Especially since they've just upgraded the Spring.
>>28804339Buying new cheap EV makes literally no sense. If you're that budget constrained, just get a Model 3 and you get a used but infinitely superior car than those range limited cuckovers. I think the low end EV market is a dead end. The profit margins are too small and people interested in EV want to feel like they're driving a luxury product, not some slav shit.
>>28804799 >The profit margins are too small Except people buy them, which is why you have several models on the market. Dacia Spring, Renault Twingo, Leapmotor T03, BYD Seagull, this new Dacia, and IIRC a couple others. So there's money to be made. >people interested in EV want to feel like they're driving a luxury product Euros don't care about that, an electric car isn't a status symbol like in the US. It's just a motorized shopping cart as the second vehicle.
>>28804811I forgot about the Hyundai Inster like a dumbass.
>>28804814The Hyundai Inster is unironically the only budget EV that makes sense to me. It's really practical and still has decent features despite its price and its range is the best out of the budget EVs with fairly ok charging rate. The Renault 5 looks cooler but Inster beats it pretty decisively in all the areas that matter. These cars will be absolute bargains when the lease contracts end.
>>28804799I've checked online and a used Model 3 is like €7k more expensive than a new Dacia Spring in my country.
>>28804872Is that because the Dacia is eligible for incentives? Model 3s go for fairly cheap. Between 20-30k € depending on model year.
>>28804882No idea about incentives, the gap is probably bigger there. The Dacia starts at €17,9k and the cheapest used Model 3 I could find are about €25k with 50-70k km on them.
