Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Saturday, August 16, 2025, 13:49 / Updated on Saturday, August 16, 2025 13:49
In July 2025, a single copy of Dacia Spring was registered, according to the data published by the General Directorate of Driving and Registration (DRPCIV).
According to Freedom, this shocking situation for the Romanian manufacturer is due to the blocking of the Rabla program, all car companies that produce electric vehicles suffering due to the lack of subsidies granted by the state.
Situated shocking: Dacia sold only one Spring model after locking the Rabla program
The Rabla and Rabla Plus programs have been recently suspended, given that the Government of Romania wants to save in the context of the budget crisis. Economists argued that through these subsidies, the money reaches mainly in China, the country that produces most electric cars, Dacia Spring being also assembled on Chinese lines.
Dacia Spring, the full electric car of the Romanian car manufacturer, was one of the strokes given by Dacia on the car market. It is still one of the best -selling models because, through the subsidies granted by the state, the full electric car came to cost about 7,700 euros, according to the quoted source.
The catalog price of the model is between 16,900 and 19,900 euros, but in 2021 the state granted an ecobonus of about 9000 euros, which brought the car at a very affordable price, especially for an electric car.
July was one of the weakest for Renault. According to the quoted source, the actions of the French who own Dacia decreased by 18%. The German producer Volkswagen also suffered and closed several factories.
Dacia Spring suffered a “remodeling” in 2024 to enter the design level with the rest of the cars in the range. It comes in 3 levels of equipment, Essential, Expression and Extreme, equipment based on which future customers can also choose the electric motor version, Essential coming with the 45CP engine, and Express and extreme with the 65CP.
