Next Dacia Sandero to get EV and ICE options in 2028

Dacia CEO Denis Le Vot has doubled down on a commitment to going all-electrical at the final feasible instant, revealing that the business will continue on to produce combustion engines and strongly hinting the up coming-generation Dacia Sandero will keep on to provide an ICE powertrain – although an EV is really possible.

Talking to reporters prior to the Paris motor exhibit, Le Vot stated the organization will not go after an all-electrical line-up by 2030, in Europe or globally, because it would threaten the brand’s position as a single of the most inexpensive on the current market.

But, when Dacia does launch its to start with mass-market electric vehicle (its Spring EV is only available in components of Europe), it will most likely be based mostly on the Sandero, Renault Group engineering boss Gilles Le Borgne confirmed.

“We can do a multi strength motor vehicle [both ICE and EV versions] for Dacia when required,” he reported. “We’re perfectly ready. Quicker or later we know we want multi-strength and we can do this without any problem. There is no date but but the following Sandero is an perfect applicant for it.”

Le Vot reiterated that, when this time does come, Dacia will electrify as cheaply and efficiently as achievable by “leveraging the assets” of the broader Renault Team, employing technological innovation and architecture created by its dad or mum corporation for its very own electric powered cars and trucks, thereby conserving drastically on improvement prices.

This usually means that any electric Sandero will be primarily based on the Renault–Nissan CMF BEV system, which shares major components with the CMF-B architecture at present employed by Dacia and destined to carry on underneath a combustion-run upcoming-era vehicle – potentially meaning ICE and EVs could be crafted on the very same line.

A combustion option for the next-gen hatchback ties in with Le Vot’s ambition for Dacia “to be the winner of the minimal-carbon ICE.”

He cited the Romanian company’s experience in employing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as a signifies of running standard ICEs additional successfully and cleanly. “We’re likely to continue doing the job on lower-carbon ICE [technology] for the foreseeable future,” he continued, clarifying that he was referring to Dacia’s have in-residence engineers but presenting no more information about how they will seek to achieve this.

“The Sandero is heading to have two generations just before we strike 2035, which is the lawful prevent-off – if it takes place – for ICE in general,” he explained, suggesting that the future-generation Sandero (or equal B-phase hatchback) could arrive in 2028 or 2029 with an ICE powertrain, to be bought along with an ICE-powered subsequent-era Dacia Duster SUV (launching in 2024) and the 2025 Bigster SUV, which will past until eventually 2032 and 2033 respectively.