Dacia CEO Denis Le Vot has doubled down on a dedication to likely all-electric at the previous probable moment, revealing that the company will proceed to build combustion engines and strongly hinting the next-generation Dacia Sandero will proceed to offer an ICE powertrain.
Speaking to reporters just before the Paris motor present, Le Vot explained the organization is not going to pursue an all-electric line-up by 2030, in Europe or globally, because it would threaten the brand’s posture as a single of the most cost-effective on the marketplace.
But, when Dacia does launch its 1st mass-market electric car or truck (its Spring EV is only accessible in parts of Europe), it will most probable come in the kind of a Sandero EV, Renault Group engineering manager Gilles Le Borgne verified.
“We can do a multi vitality automobile [both ICE and EV versions] for Dacia when necessary,” he claimed. “We’re perfectly organized.
“Quicker or later we know we require multi electricity and we can do this without any issue. There is no date nevertheless but the next Sandero is an perfect prospect for it.”
Le Vot reiterated that, when this time does come, Dacia will electrify as cheaply and competently as doable by “leveraging the assets” of the broader Renault Group, utilizing technological innovation and architecture developed by its dad or mum corporation for its personal electric powered automobiles, thus conserving considerably on improvement fees.
This signifies that any electrified Sandero will be primarily based on the Renault–Nissan CMF BEV platform, which shares significant components with the CMF-B architecture at this time utilised by Dacia now.
But in the run-up to that, Le Vot reported: “We’re heading to be the winner of the lower-carbon ICE.”
He cited the Romanian company’s experience in using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as a indicates of working standard ICEs extra successfully and cleanly. “We’re heading to proceed doing the job on minimal-carbon ICE [technology] for the foreseeable future,” he continued, clarifying that he was referring to Dacia’s have in-house engineers but featuring no more information about how they will look for to reach this.
“The Sandero is going to have two generations in advance of we strike 2035, which is the legal cease-off – if it takes place – for ICE in standard,” he said, suggesting that the up coming-generation Sandero (or equal B-segment hatchback) could get there in 2028 or 2029 with an ICE powertrain, to be marketed along with an ICE-powered up coming-era Dacia Duster SUV (launching in 2024) and the 2025 Bigster SUV, which will very last until 2032 and 2033 respectively.
