Dacia has improved connected its all-electric Spring model. Credit: Dacia
Budget marque Dacia has improved connected its all-electric Spring exemplary to make it moreover much charismatic to those wanting an affordable way into electrical driving. The bid of updates see two, new, much powerful motors that connection stronger capacity on pinch changes to nan chassis.
Since its motorboat successful 2021, Spring has sold much than 179,000 units successful Europe (up to June 2025). This twelvemonth it has sold 17,000 vehicles sold, securing 2nd spot successful nan European marketplace for electric. In position of thrust and handling nan car gains an anti-roll barroom for nan first time, modular connected each versions. This improves nan car’s stableness successful corners and is further enhanced by nan take of caller settings for nan daze absorbers and suspension springs.
Styling and aerodynamic improvements connected nan Spring see a group of fairings astatine nan front, sides and rear, designed to trim aerodynamic turbulence nether nan car, and a caller spoiler limits turbulence astir nan precocious portion of nan rear tailgate. This has seen a tangible use for Spring’s range, resulting successful a important improvement
Two caller motors, 70 hp/52 kW and 100 hp/75 kW, switch nan erstwhile 45 hp/33 kW and 65 hp/48 kW units. These connection much powerfulness and torque betwixt 50 and 75 mph (up to +20%) and makes nan car that spot much driveable and relaxed successful non-urban traffic. The benchmark 100kph/62mph acceleration benchmark is now importantly reduced pinch nan caller 70hp powerfulness portion taking a whisker complete 10 seconds and nan much powerful 100hp successful conscionable 6.9 seconds.
These caller powertrains activity pinch a caller 24.3 kWh battery, which uses Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) exertion for nan first clip successful nan Renault Group, which owns Dacia, and being nan lightest four-seater electrical car connected nan market, weighing successful astatine astir 1 tonne, moreover pinch its galore optimised features. Its ray weight contributes to delivering a scope that.
The caller 70 hp powertrain is disposable pinch nan Expression trim, while nan caller 100 hp powertrain is disposable successful nan Extreme model. All Spring models characteristic a customisable 7-inch integer instrumentality cluster arsenic standard. Offering a 10.1-inch cardinal touchscreen and wireless connectivity pinch Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™, nan Media Display strategy is modular pinch nan Extreme trim. Spring Extreme is besides disposable pinch Media Nav providing connected navigation for a play of 8 years, pinch real-time postulation conditions and continuously updated European maps. Pricing will beryllium announced nearer nan motorboat day early adjacent year.