Dacia has been flirting with the idea of launching
electric vehicles for quite some time now. Speaking to AutoExpress on the
sidelines of the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, the brand's European` Chairman,
Jean Christophe Kugler, confirmed that the automaker is interested in
zero-emission technology.
Moreover, being part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance,
Dacia won't have to spread its wings to leave the nest in order to electrify
their cars, and once they do, they will "remain shockingly
affordable", according to the company's official.
There's no official time-frame for when we will see
a zero-emission Dacia, as Kugler admitted "there is a 3 or 4 years
difference between the more advanced [Renault-Nissan] cars and the technologies
we have", but they will "look at it when it will be affordable",
sticking to their current business model until then.
The British mag speculates that a Dacia EV could use
the underpinnings of the Renault Zoe, which was updated one year ago and can
travel for up to 400 km on a single charge, by NEDC standards.
In other related news, the Romanian automaker is
also interested in the basics of 'autonomous technology', so we expect to see
Dacias equipped with adaptive cruise control, and other similar features, in
the near future.
