Dacia Spring: price after the 2026 EV grant
The calculator is set to the Dacia Spring. Enter income and children and it shows what is left of the Spring’s price after the grant.
Worked through by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · How we calculate
Your EV grant
€5,000
Band 1: up to €45,000
| Household taxable income | €39,000 |
|---|---|
| Limit for your number of children | €80,000 |
| Headroom before €4,000 | €6,000 |
| Dacia Spring | €17,900 |
| Price after the grant | €12,900 |
| Apply by | 12 months after registration (November 2027) |
| Keep the car until at least | October 2029 |
With one more child under 18: €500 more.
List price Spring Expression, manufacturer figure read on 19 October 2026.
Estimate under the funding guideline of 19 May 2026 as of October 2026, not advice. Only the BAFA grant decision is binding, and there is no legal entitlement. How we calculate
Step-by-step calculation
- Household income: (€38,000 + €40,000) / 2 = €39,000, the average of the last two tax assessments.
- Children counted: 0. Income limit: €80,000 + €5,000 per child = €80,000.
- Band from the guideline table: Band 1: up to €45,000. Battery electric with 0 child(ren): €5,000.
- First registration in November 2026: inside the funding period (battery electric cars until 31 December 2029).
- Price after the grant: €17,900 − €5,000 = €12,900. The grant is paid into your account after registration; the dealer does not deduct it.
The Dacia Spring is the cheapest electric car on this site’s list. The new Spring Expression costs €17,900 plus delivery according to Dacia and covers up to 246 km WLTP. With the German EV grant, a household with taxable income of at most €45,000 and no child pays €12,900, with two children €11,900. In the third band up to €80,000 it is €14,900 without children. With the maximum of €6,000, the grant covers 34 % of the list price, more than for any other model. BAFA had funded 2,402 Springs by 1 October 2026, almost every approval for the Dacia brand. Registrations have risen sharply since applications opened: from January to April an average of 346 new Springs a month took to the road, from June to September 1,489, more than four times as many.
The Spring after the grant
The table deducts each grant amount from the list price of the Spring Expression, €17,900. Delivery is not included; on a car in this price range it is a noticeable share. For your own sums, use the final price from the quote.
| household taxable income | no child | 1 child | 2 children |
|---|---|---|---|
| €0 to €45,000 | €12,900 | €12,400 | €11,900 |
| €45,001 to €60,000 | €13,900 | €13,400 | €12,900 |
| €60,001 to €80,000 | €14,900 | €14,400 | €13,900 |
| €80,001 to €85,000 | no grant | €14,400 | €13,900 |
| €85,001 to €90,000 | no grant | no grant | €13,900 |
No other car on the list comes down so far after the grant. For comparison, the second-cheapest car, the Leapmotor T03, costs €13,900 in the first band without children, the Spring €12,900. A student with taxable income of €9,000 pays €12,900; a couple with two children on €56,000 pays €12,900.
The largest share of the price
Because the grant is a fixed amount, it has more effect the cheaper the car. With the maximum of €6,000, the ranking looks like this:
| Model | List price | Share of €6,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Dacia Spring | €17,900 | 33.5 % |
| Leapmotor T03 | €18,900 | 31.7 % |
| Renault Twingo | €19,990 | 30.0 % |
| Citroën ë-C3 | €20,140 | 29.8 % |
| Hyundai Inster | €24,650 | 24.3 % |
| Fiat 500e | €25,990 | 23.1 % |
On the Spring the state pays up to a third of the list price. Even with the smallest amount, €3,000, it is still 16.8 %. On an electric car costing €50,000, even the maximum would be only 12 %.
New and old Spring
Dacia sells two Springs side by side. The new Spring Expression costs €17,900, the previous Spring Extreme Electric 100 €19,700. So the new one is the cheaper model and the entry to the range. For the grant there is no difference: both are battery electric M1 cars and receive the same amount. If you are offered an older Spring from stock, check whether it has already been registered; if so, the grant is lost, however cheap the offer. BAFA’s conditions expressly exclude pre-registrations, demonstrators and factory registrations. More under new cars and pre-registration.
Registrations by month
| Month | New registrations |
|---|---|
| January | 133 |
| February | 111 |
| March | 398 |
| April | 740 |
| May | 311 |
| June | 1,701 |
| July | 940 |
| August | 1,418 |
| September | 1,897 |
In January and February only just over a hundred new Springs a month were registered. From June the figures jumped; in September there were 1,897, more than in any earlier month this year. Averaged over June to September, it was 4.3 times the first four months. How much of that is due to the grant and how much to the new Spring cannot be separated from the figures. What is certain: 2,402 of the year’s 7,649 Springs have already been funded, 31.4 %, and because applications are processed with a delay, the share will rise further.
Dacia in the statistics
The Dacia brand had 2,403 approvals by October, 2,402 of them for the Spring. All the brand’s other models together account for just 1 approval. Among all models, the Spring ranks 10th by number of approvals. Ahead of it are models registered far more often overall, including two small cars: the Leapmotor T03 and the Hyundai Inster.
What the Spring costs over the holding period
If you buy with the grant, you must keep the Spring for 36 months. Dividing the price after the grant by those months gives a rough guide to how much the car ties up each month: €358 in the first band without children, €331 with two children. That is not depreciation, since the car still has a residual value after three years. Against it stand the GHG quota payment, over €300 a year at October market prices, and the exemption from vehicle tax. On such a cheap car, three years of GHG payments of at least €900 cover about 7 % of the price after the grant.
The Spring instead of an old small car
Many buyers use the Spring to replace an older petrol car. They do not have to give it up for the grant; if they sell it, the proceeds can be set against the price as well. Three items change in daily life. The old car’s vehicle tax disappears, because the Spring as a battery electric car is exempt. Instead of petrol you pay for electricity, usually much cheaper per kilometre at home. And servicing is simpler, since oil changes, exhaust and clutch fall away. How much that adds up to in a year depends on your mileage and electricity tariff; a blanket figure would be misleading here.
Range and use
With up to 246 km WLTP, the Spring is a car for short and medium distances. It is enough for the daily commute, shopping and trips around town; in winter and at higher speeds it goes less far. If you regularly drive long distances, a larger car will serve you better, even if it costs more after the grant. Range plays no part in the grant.
Before buying
- Ask for the final price including delivery and work from that.
- Check your taxable income in your last two tax assessments. If you have none, for example as a student, you can file a tax return voluntarily; more under household income.
- The Spring must be registered to the person who applies, who must be at least 18 years old.
- Apply after registration, at the latest after 12 months.