Dacia Spring EV review: We test drive the UK's CHEAPEST new electric car that costs less than £15k All-new Dacia Spring finally comes to the UK and it costs from £14,995 It is the first truly 'cheap' EV in Britain having sold 140k units in Europe in 3 years We tested it in France to find out if this budget motor could be suitable for you By Freda Lewis-Stempel Updated: 08:46 BST, 12 July 2024 e-mail 2 View comments Electric cars simply don't get any cheaper than the Spring. Priced from £14,995, Dacia says it will 'make electric mobility accessible for all'. And plenty have already jumped at the chance to own one, with 140,000 registrations across Europe where Spring has been on sale for the last three years.
So we're a bit behind here in the UK, with the right-hand model only arriving now. Britain's cheapest electric car, the Dacia Spring, is available in the UK. It cost from just £14,995 and is set to shake up the electric market, paving the way for actually affordable EVs.
We drove it on launch in Bordeaux to find out what it's like as a daily driver But with a raft of 2024 updates and improvements that make it 'all-new', the Spring will emerge in Britain at a pivotal moment for the EV transition, especially with the ban on sales of petrol and diesel models expected to be accelerated to 2030. We've driven the Spring well ahead of its landing on UK shores at the official launch in Bordeaux to find out if it can change the EV affordability game once and for all or if buil.