€11,900 is also perfectly fine
Thanks to a future, but not yet introduced, subsidy and a significant discount campaign from Dacia itself, you can buy a brand new, electric Dacia Spring in Germany for €6,900 with a bit of luck.
A brand new EV for just under €7,000? Sounds impossible, especially in Europe. Yet, in Germany, it genuinely seems possible to end up with a brand new Spring for €6,900, although it requires some luck and a set of favorable circumstances. First, the Spring itself. In Germany, it costs a minimum of €16,900. For that price, you naturally get a Spring Essential with the new electric powertrain and 70 hp, but without air conditioning.
The Dacia Spring Essential is thus fundamentally cheaper than in the Netherlands. Dacia then adds an ‘Elektrobonus’ of €5,000, temporarily reducing the price to €11,900. This discount seems intended as a sweetener until the new government subsidy arrives. The fine print states that the discount campaign can be ‘revised’ upon the introduction of that subsidy. The new German government subsidy for EVs has already been announced but is awaiting approval from the European Commission. According to the website of the German Ministry of Environment, the subsidy will be introduced as soon as possible after approval. This could happen anywhere in the coming months.
Dacia’s discount is therefore a temporary concession for the period when the subsidy is not yet available. However, previous German EV subsidies were only granted after the car had already been registered, just like in the Netherlands with the SEPP subsidy for private individuals. In theory, it could be that you order a Dacia Spring now for €11,900, and then in the period between ordering and delivery, the subsidy is launched, and you can still apply for it. This subsidy is generally good for an additional discount of €3,000, but for net monthly incomes up to €3,000, an additional €1,000 is added. Furthermore, you receive an extra €500 per child for the first two children in the family, so in the most favorable case, €5,000 will be credited to your account. German Spring buyers could, therefore, theoretically go home with a total of €10,000 in discounts, although everything would have to fall perfectly into place. It is also important that the Spring specifically qualifies, as this Dacia is built in China and could therefore easily be excluded from the subsidy. If it doesn’t work out that way, €11,900 is fortunately still a great deal…