Link: https://www.engadget.com/2252406/renault-building-dacia-spring-ev-in-europe-to-qualify-for-local-subsidies/

Renault's value brand Dacia is switching production of its low-cost Dacia Spring EV to Europe from China so it can benefit from French subsidies, the company announced. Priced at €17,900 for the base model ($20,789), the Spring will cost as little as €12,200 ($14,169) after French EV credits are applied. Dacia has also redesigned the Spring, making it sit a little higher and adding some sporty allure with a more muscular body design.

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The Dacia Spring will be assembled in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, at the same plant where Renault builds its Twingo E-Tech city car. The Spring now appears to be Europe's cheapest EV after incentives, which vary depending on country and your household income.

The Spring has been a relative success for Renault, with sale of 210,000 units across the world since 2021. It's designed to help Renault meet its ambitious 2030 goal of a 100 percent electrified mix in Europe, with half electric and half hybrid vehicle sales. Europe has ordained that fleet emissions must drop 90 percent by 2035 compared to 2021 levels.

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New passenger vehicle registrations in Europe (EU, EFTA, UK) increased by 4%, with all-electric car sales up by 51% to take a 25% market share

Best-Selling Carmakers and Car Brands in Europe in 2026 (July):

1 Volkswagen

2 Skoda

3 Toyota

4 BMW

5 Mercedes

6 Renault

7 Audi

8 Peugeot

9 Kia

10 Dacia

I'll be impressed when they show an exploded diagram with all the parts, and more exploded diagrams for each board/computer as well, and the origin of most of the car is actually European. They're assembling Chinese parts in a very automated factory at this point, they're only doing this to get State subsidies on new cars.

Query why China would let Renault continue to operate in China when China had its own automobile industry.

It's better than what they do today. Better is good. We just have to raise the bar every so often.

I don't think it is realistic to go from raw materials to a fully built car at scale in Europe today but I'd love to hear otherwise. Bringing back manufacturing will take some time just as it took some time to move to China with their low wages.

Have you guys seen the BYD racco? They're going to eat Japan's toast at key cars too. I'd love to see these in Europe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwqCHN_vMTs

They were paid to do so? And I don't think they're particularly worried about competition

Honda just released the Super-N in the UK, but it's not boxy enough for me :( We definitely need kei cars more than SUVs.

I don’t think they’re particularly worried about competition.

This is a joke, right?