Even a volume brand can be extremely successful with a small electric car, as the Renault Zoe has extensively proven. The new Dacia Spring shows that it can be much cheaper. At the beginning of March, Renault had given a near-series preview of the small electric crossover. This is followed by information on performance and range. They show that Renault apparently only operates badge engineering in order to offer the Renault K-ZE in Europe as Dacia Spring.

Nominal range of 225 kilometers After Dacia recently presented a new Sandero generation as a successful low-cost offshoot, whose internal combustion engines can at least be powered by LPG, the battery-electric Dacia Spring is a real drive alternative. The 3, 71 meter long Dacia Spring Electric is a version of the Renault City K-ZE, which was introduced in Asia some time ago. The electric car is powered by a 33 kW output E -Machine with 125 Nm. The battery pack with a capacity of 26 , 8 kWh allows a range of 225 kilometers, the maximum speed is 125 km / h limited.

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In the city cycle in which the power is reduced to 23 kW and the crossover can be a maximum of 80 km / h, this increases loudly Measuring cycle on 295 kilometers. The empty battery can be connected to a DC charging station with 30 kW in less than an hour back to 73 percent of their capacity. With alternating current (3.7 or 7.4 kW) the charging process takes five to eight hours.

Starting next year, the Dacia Spring Electric will not only be aimed at end customers, some of whom may find the performance too low, but also specifically at car sharing providers who know that they can use it in city traffic is fully motorized. With its wheelbase of 2, 33 meters, the Spring Space for up to four people. The 300 liters of cargo space is doubled by folding down the rear seat.

Speech recognition from Google or Apple A 3.5 inch central display between the two round instruments provide the driver with the most important information. Voice recognition via Google or Apple can be activated by pressing a button on the steering wheel. An optionally available multifunction screen offers, among other things, a navigation system, DAB radio, Bluetooth and a USB port on a seven-inch diagonal. Instead of a selector lever, a central rotary wheel with the three positions D, N and R offers the choice between the driving functions.

In order to meet Dacia’s cheap claims, the purchase price should be below 20. 000 euros. A similarly small VW E-Up (test) with a 32 kWh capacity battery costs almost 22. 000 Euro, offers with his 61 kW but almost twice the power.

That the structurally identical Renault City K-ZE without recuperation capability