Thought Dacia would have the affordable EV city car niche to itself this year? Think again - here come the Koreans
We’ve been following the impending introduction of the. Partly because the manufacturer’s canny, value-based approach appeals to right-thinking PHers generally, and partly because the arrival of cheap-to-buy electric cars is now considered essential to kickstarting the increasingly moribund European EV market.
Accordingly, while it might seem like Dacia has again seized on something that no one else is doing , the potential size of the market means that a number of other firms are lining up to snap at its heels. One of them is Hyundai, a firm that knows a thing or two about turning formerly uninspiring product into sales gold.
Quite how inexpensive it will be is, for now, a matter of conjecture. Merely by being a sub-compact we know that Hyundai is targeting a low starting price, but there’s almost zero chance it will seek to undercut the £15k cost of the cheapest Spring. Instead, the firm will rely on the strength of its brand and the 220 miles of range it says it is aiming for.
As, it seems, are the new styling choices. Obviously, we can expect the car’s basic shape to mirror the Casper on which it is based - but the downsized SUV profile has been given a spruce ‘with signature LED daytime running lights, plus pixel-graphic turn signals and tail lamps that define the new sub-compact EV’s design.’ We’ll bet it’s got more power than the entry-level 45hp Spring, too, and a slightly showier interior.
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