Dacia sells electric Spring for less than €8,000

Romanian low-cost carmaker Dacia is taking a knife to EV prices, with a little help from the Flemish government. With the incentive from Flanders, the new Dacia Spring base version is available from €7,545.50. It’s more than half the price when the small electric car was launched.

The Dacia Spring has always been the cheapest electric car on the market, but the Romanian carmaker is now bringing prices to an all-time low. Even without the Flemish incentive, it remains Europe’s most affordable electric car.

EV for less €8,000

When launched in 2020, the Dacia Spring surprised the crowds with its low price of under €20,000. Today, after a major facelift at the beginning of the year, the Spring is once again cutting prices. And by a huge margin…

The new Spring Essential, the base version, is now available in Belgium for €7,545.50. This is a never-seen-before price for a fully electric compact car. Even microcars, EV or not, are more expensive.

Let’s not forget that the Dacia Spring is an electric car mostly designed for city use. It’s powered by a 45-hp electric motor on the front wheels and a small 25-kWh battery. This gives it only adequate performances (0-100 km/h in…19 seconds) and an official WLTP range of 225 km.

In Flanders only

Not every Belgian can benefit from this low price, as that sub-€8,000 price is only possible with the Flemish EV bonus. That incentive ranges up to €5,000 if the price of the fully electric vehicle doesn’t exceed €40,000. Furthermore, there’s a limit of 25% of the vehicle price. All in all, Flemish citizens can benefit from a price reduction of €2,647.50.

News isn’t that grim for the other Belgian citizens of Wallonia and Brussels, as anyone who’s good at math will have spotted that even without the EV bonus, the Dacia Spring is still impressively cheap. Indeed, the entry-lever Spring Essential sells for €10,590.

Cheaper than the 1st Spring

For that low price, drivers don’t get much. The Dacia Spring Essential comes in white with 14-inch steel wheels. The equipment includes power windows, power locks, automatic headlights, and cruise control.

For those wanting to spruce up to the more powerful 65-hp version with more standard equipment, prices start at €13,290 (without bonus). More… but still cheaper than the first-ever Dacia Spring from 2021.