Dacia has given the first official glimpse of the next Spring, confirming that its smallest electric car will keep the Spring name for a second generation.
The teaser does not yet reveal prices, technical specifications, or timing for Belgium, but it does confirm two important points: the new model will remain a fully electric city car, and it will be built in Europe.
A disruptive car
That last detail is more than symbolic. The current Spring has been a disruptive car precisely because it was cheap, simple, and small, but it was also built in China and derived from older low-cost underpinnings.
That made it vulnerable to changing subsidy rules, import duties, and the arrival of newer budget EVs. With the next generation, Dacia wants to keep the same affordability promise while moving the car closer to Renault Group’s new European small-EV ecosystem.
Technical link with Twingo
International reports point to a close technical link with the new Renault Twingo E-Tech electric, although Dacia has not confirmed the final hardware.
The Twingo uses a 27.5 kWh LFP battery and a 60 kW motor, offering up to 263 km of WLTP range. In Belgium, it starts at €19,500, with the better-equipped Techno version at €21,300. The new Spring is expected to undercut that, with earlier Renault Group comments pointing to a target below €18,000.
That would place it above the barest old-city-car logic, but still below most mainstream electric cars. It should also make the new Spring feel less Spartan than the outgoing model.
The current Spring has already improved significantly in its latest update, gaining 70 hp and 100 hp motors, a 24.3 kWh LFP battery, better chassis tuning, a stiffer structure, and optional 40 kW DC charging.
Belgian prices currently run from €16,990 for the Essential Electric 70 to €19,690 for the Extreme Electric 100, with a WLTP range of around 225 km and a 308-liter trunk.
Simplicity is key
Even so, the present Spring remains a car built around visible restraint. Its appeal is price, efficiency, and simplicity rather than refinement.
By contrast, the new Twingo brings a more playful design, sliding rear seats, up to 360 liters of trunk space, a digital cockpit, connected infotainment, and up to 24 driver assistance systems.
The Dacia version is unlikely to get the full Renault treatment, but if it shares enough of the basic package, it could become a far more complete small EV than today’s Spring without abandoning Dacia’s essential-car philosophy.
The business case is clear. Since its launch in 2021, the Spring has convinced nearly 210,000 customers across Europe, according to Dacia’s latest figures.
The model started with 27,876 sales in 2021, followed by 48,900 in 2022, when it became the third best-selling EV in the European retail market.
It reached 61,803 worldwide sales in 2023, before falling sharply to 22,884 units in 2024, as reduced government grants hit demand. In 2025, the Spring recovered to 35,034 sales, up 53%, and Dacia says it became Europe’s best-selling A-segment electric vehicle across all channels.
Belgium shows the same story on a smaller scale. Based on FPS Mobility registration data filtered for Dacia Spring, new registrations rose from 644 units in 2024 to 2,341 in 2025.
Solving weaknesses
The private market drove the increase: private new registrations climbed from 462 to 1,912 units. That is noteworthy in Belgium, where the EV market is still heavily dominated by more expensive company cars.
For Dacia, the next Spring therefore does not need to reinvent the idea. It needs to solve the weaknesses of the first generation while preserving its one great strength: being the EV that ordinary private buyers can still afford.
