Dacia 'Springs' into Action

[awbugritt]

Just been watching a few videos regarding the Dacia Spring EV. Not available in the UK at present but may be here towards the end of this year.
At around £11k, with a 27kw battery, 78mph top speed and 140 mile range, I reckon it will sell as fast as they can be made! OK it's built to a budget, but for a basic a-b machine what's not to like?
If, like me you're not enamoured of paying silly money for loads of tech you don't need, or indeed understand, this car, designed to transport 4 people should appeal.
Any vehicle which will encourage the switch to a non polluting means of transport has got my vote.

 

[Deleted member 6627]

45 bhp? Not for me.

 

[awbugritt]

It's essentially a town car why would you want more?

 

[DuracellBunny]

It's essentially a town car why would you want more?

Peugeot 107 has 68bhp and does 0 to 60 in under 14s. The Spring does it under 20s so people will floor it all the time which will put a strain on the battery

 

[neilp7865]

It should make for a great alternative to the VW e-Up. Practical and functional city car that’s cheap to buy and run.

 

[jamesie]

27kwh and 140 miles....hmmmmm!

 

[awbugritt]

Well it did 25 miles on 0% battery with an outside temperature hovering about zero degrees. That was with occasional flooring of the accelerator.
On one test it was driven round Paris for 5 hours and only used 15%. Do you really need 69bhp in traffic?
How much does the Peugeot cost over the Dacia incidentally?

 

[jamesie]

25 miles on 0% battery......something smells a bit fishy!

 

[5teep]

The only vid I've seen on it said that it's sluggish but ok for town driving.

 

[awbugritt]

25 miles on 0% battery......something smells a bit fishy!

Suggest you watch the video.

 

[biffo]

I’m not convinced it’ll be £11k once RHD version makes its way to UK, prices never end up being the promised direct equivalent. But it’s a perfect car for town drivers, been interested in this since seeing the Full Charges YouTube video.

 

[awbugritt]

If you Google running on 0% battery, it should come up as a u-tube video uploaded by a Romanian chap who speaks very good English. Must admit I was skeptical!

 

[awbugritt]

I’m not convinced it’ll be £11k once RHD version makes its way to UK, prices never end up being the promised direct equivalent. But it’s a perfect car for town drivers, been interested in this since seeing the Full Charges YouTube video.

I came across this car completely by accident! It looks like there may be a model change for 2024 based on the Renault 5 I think, and you could well be right regarding price. Still if it puts an EV closer to what people want/can afford to pay it's a start. Not to everyone's taste admittedly, but neither is a Dacia Sandero, and they sell like hot cakes in certain quarters.

 

[jamesie]

Suggest you watch the video.

What video?

 

[DuracellBunny]

If you Google running on 0% battery, it should come up as a u-tube video uploaded by a Romanian chap who speaks very good English. Must admit I was skeptical!

Doing that kills the battery

 

[awbugritt]

Doing that kills the battery

Indeed-but it was a one off just to see how far it would go with supposedly no power.

 

[BugEyed]

At around £11k

I’m not convinced it’ll be £11k once RHD version

The €11k price is after the rebates available in various European countries, list price is €20k. I can't see it being under £20k before Government incentives which I think may not still be available by the time it comes to the UK.

 

[awbugritt]

Hm, not such an attractive proposition at that price. I certainly wouldn't buy one.

 

[BugEyed]

27kwh and 140 miles....hmmmmm!

Just over 5 miles/kWh, possible if driven slowly and carefully. The question is how will it compare to a second hand LEAF30 - a similar battery size but bigger and better equipped but second hand. Driven in Eco they enjoy 55kW in a heavier car - the performance is "adequate" (enough for my Wife who rarely uses anything else), and in Tekna spec have far more toys such as 360 cameras, heated seats all round, etc

 

[jamesie]

Just over 5 miles/kWh, possible if driven slowly and carefully. The question is how will it compare to a second hand LEAF30 - a similar battery size but bigger and better equipped but second hand. Driven in Eco they enjoy 55kW in a heavier car - the performance is "adequate" (enough for my Wife who rarely uses anything else), and in Tekna spec have far more toys such as 360 cameras, heated seats all round, etc

WLTP nonsense, IMO. Maybe, in the right conditions, it's achievable but I would bet rarely this to be the case.