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24 Hours Living With The Cheapest Electric Car

Efficient Alex

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Is the cheapest EV in the UK is actually all the car you need?

I lived with it for 24 hours to find out. Then, we go into the clever ways Dacia has made this little gem start from under £15,000!

Let me know what you think about the Dacia Spring in the comments, and don't forget to SUBSCRIBE for more EV content!

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I’m Alex, a British guy sharing what it’s really like living with a budget electric car.
Former automotive engineer turned traveller + digital nomad.
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📖 Chapters

00:00 Intro
00:26 I take it shopping
04:34 to the gym
08:00 treat time
09:58 clever use of EVs
11:54 why it's so affordable

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20 Comments

@ScotmanUK2000 11 months ago

Well done Dacia. Not everyone wants a huge monster of an SUV to nip to the shops

@bertrandmelomane9548 10 months ago

It drives, it has ac, you can play music in it, it has space for 4 people and a boot. So yes it has everything you NEED in a car

@antoniopalmero4063 11 months ago

Strange ,,, most people reviewing a small EV want to drive directly to Scotland .😂

@GeorgeStar 11 months ago

An EV that's actually EFFICIENT. What a concept!

@warpcode 11 months ago

I'm glad you showed this next to other cars in a car park. Most reviews just don't portray well how small this car is

@susanb.1113 11 months ago

I think this will be an ideal first elec car for many people, like me, 5'5, 99% of journeys are alone, going to and from work 10 miles away.

@farmingbrit4611 11 months ago (edited)

You can get pre registered ones for 10k.. bargain. I like dacia as they make good honest cars for everyday driving

@adrianbaker5811 11 months ago

Never lie milk down in a car or you may have a life time pong if it leaks

@Locknut61 11 months ago

I really like the simplicity. There are so many unnecessary, expensive and unreliable "features" on modern cars. Electric Parking Brakes, self opening boot? WTF is wrong with people. For me it needs double the battery capacity, to even begin to be of interest, but thumbs up to the approach

@CensorshipGenesis 6 months ago

In all honesty this is the only EV I would consider buying. Basic, simple, inexpensive and effective! I don't want or need to pay for a 6 screen dash and a roll of features, many rented on top.
The manual handbrake is an amazing selling point! I'm loving it, what we really need! In this day and age, AMAZING!

@chpoon3814 11 months ago

Many of the cost cutting is a good thing

@kerryjones1508 10 months ago (edited)

What a super presenter. Sensible, knowledgeable and practical. I completely get the attraction of one of these if you do short journeys and can charge at home. I'd get the cheaper one, just because it doesn't have the centre screen. I think they look like a cheap add on and consider them dangerous
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@foppo100 11 months ago

Not many people are your height.Iam 6.1 inch standing next to a bloke of your height I feel short.This is a great car for the price.Would be Ideal for my daughter who is a nurse.To work every day about ten miles and the occasional motorway trip.The car doesn't look bad either simple and honest car.

@paulypilot 10 months ago

Really interesting, thanks for making this video. I really like the pared-back concept, making it cheap to buy, and yet having almost all the features I would actually need.

@SISU889 9 months ago

Just fit it with the battery that everybody really needs and I'm sold !

@thomaslamb2526 11 months ago

Great video format, absolutely love it! Great work

@boristabacsplatt6609 11 months ago

Good review, thanks. Small cheap electric cars make the idea urban run-around and are the best use case for BEVs. Big powerful heavy SUVs not so much so, which is why they're not selling.