This Electric Car Is Now The UK’s Cheapest Car

The cheapest new car in the UK right now is electric. Dacia just cut the price of its Spring EV to £11,990 ($13,700), putting it below every gas-powered model on the market, including Dacia's own Sandero, which starts at £14,765. The Spring briefly held the "cheapest car" title alone before Leapmotor's T03 came in close behind at £12,995 ($17,400).

The base Spring Expression 70 and a higher Spring Extreme 100 trim both get about 140 miles of range, while the Leapmotor T03 offers around 165 miles. Power output varies too: the Spring Extreme 100 has 100 kW, while the base Spring and the T03 both run at 70 kW. Spend a bit more and you get extras like a 10.1-inch touchscreen, phone mirroring, power rear windows, and a rear camera on the pricier Spring, while the T03 also has a 10.1-inch screen but no confirmed phone mirroring.

None of this changes anything for US homeowners directly, since these are UK-market cars and prices. But it's a sign of where electric vehicle costs are heading generally: battery and manufacturing costs keep dropping, making electric cars cheaper to buy as well as cheaper to run than gas models. If you're weighing an EV purchase alongside home upgrades like a heat pump or a home charger, this points to more affordable electric options likely reaching other markets over time, even if nothing here applies to US pricing or availability yet.