Good news! Electric Sandero confirmed as one of four new Dacia EVs before 2030
Dacia will launch an electric Dacia Sandero as part of a major EV drive by 2030, along with a sub-£16,000 city car based on the Renault Twingo.
The electric Dacia Sandero will run on parent company Renault’s modular CMF-B platform, which underpins the latest Renault Clio and the only EV in Dacia’s current line-up, the Chinese-built, £12,240 Spring.
Thanks to the CMF-B platform’s flexibility, the upcoming Sandero will also be available with pure-combustion and hybrid powertrains. Despite the switch to electrification, the Romanian carmaker promises that its Sandero will “remain the value-for-money” benchmark in the electric C-segment. Dacia has not issued any further details about the electric Sandero.
However, Dacia has confirmed its upcoming, yet-to-be-named city car will share its AmpR Small platform with the Twingo when it arrives later this year, prompting suggestions that the Dacia will receive the same 27.5kWh battery and 160-mile range as its plaudit-winning French cousin.
Despite the expected technical similarities, Dacia has promised its city car will be priced from less than €18,000 (£15,600), undercutting the Renault by around £1,400.
While the Twingo went from a blank sheet of paper to reality in just two years, the Dacia equivalent underwent a 16-month development period and will go on sale alongside the Spring later this year.
One more, as yet top secret pure EV will also join the Dacia range, along with electrified versions of newly announced Striker and Bigster, both of which will be available with hybrid and purely internal combustion powertrains.
To keep costs down compared to rivals, Dacia will continue using a “unique business model” with its strict design-to-cost strategy. By sharing Renault Group platforms and deploying a lean distribution system, the Romanian brand has a 15% cost advantage over rivals.
The electric Dacia Sandero and the Twingo-based city car are part of the Renault Group’s new futuREady strategy, which aims to introduce 14 new electric-only models in Europe by 2030.
During the futuREady announcement, Renault confirmed that performance brand Alpine’s electric-only APP platform will sit at the heart of its upcoming range of EVs, starting with the next-generation A110.
