I know of at least 3 EU automakers who are planning EVs in the EUR 20k range for 2025-2026. Alas, these will probably never arrive in the US.
1. Citroen New E-C3, a reworkikng of their long-popular C3 supermini. In addition to the EV version they plan to offer mild hybrid and old fashioned ICEV models. The New E-C3 is supposed to go on sale in early 2025. Stellantis say it will cost EUR 23,300 with a 44kWh LiFePO4 battery and a 320km range, and EUR 19,900 with a smaller battery and 200km range. We'll see whether those prices hold up. 2. VW has been promising a 2025 EUR 20k EV for a while now. The ID2 was supposed to be IT, but it looks like they'll swing wide on the price, more like EUR 25k. They say they're still trying for the EUR 20k mark but it will be a different car. Maybe an ID1? 3. On Wednesday (15 November 2023) Renault showed off a prototype of their EUR 20k entry, wearing the Renault Twingo badge. Twingo has long been Renault's smallest and cheapest ICEV. It had styling echoes of the 1st generation (1992) Twingo rather than the current model. This is now a thing with Renault EVs. They also have in the wings Renault 4 and Renault 5 EVs, reminiscent f even older Renault ICEVs. Renault's current CEO is Luca de Meo, the guy who gave us the rehashed Fiat 500 when he ran that company. Are you surprised? The new Twingo will be an A-segment city car, probably built in Slovenia. I assume that it will replace the Chinese-made Dacia Spring, currently Europe's cheapest EV. No info on battery or range, but they promise energy efficiency of 10kWh / 100km (160 Wh/mile).. Renault are trying to get it on the market in late 2025 or early 2026 "'Twingo is the European kei car," [de Meo] said. 'It doesn't make sense to use a 2.5-ton car to move a single person in the city ... We have to go back to smaller cars.'" Full story: https://europe.autonews.com/cars-concepts/renault-preps-twingo-electric-city- car-2026-launch https://v.gd/S3Q4iI In other news, earlier this month Renault spun off their EV division as a new subsidiary, Ampere. IMO this might not have been the best name for it as it's reminiscent of the Opel Ampera, the EU version of the Chevrolet Volt, but who am I to say? They have pretty lofty goals for reducing costs. https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/renault-targets-11-billion-revenue- ampere-ev-unit https://v.gd/mvzGbf David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -- Voltaire = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
