Dacia Spring or Renault Twingo E-Tech: the batteries compared
What the advert doesn’t say: capacity by version, the manufacturer’s warranty, and what a failure would cost.
The essentials
- Biggest battery: Dacia Spring, up to 26.8 kWh, against 22 kWh (Renault Twingo E-Tech).
- Cheapest new pack: Dacia Spring, about €7,000, against €7,500 (Renault Twingo E-Tech).
- Cheapest to charge: Dacia Spring, from £5.72 per 100 miles at home, against £6.78 (Renault Twingo E-Tech).
- Module-by-module repair: feasible on Renault Twingo E-Tech, not on Dacia Spring.
Side by side
| Criterion | Dacia Spring | Renault Twingo E-Tech |
|---|---|---|
| On sale | since 2021 | 2020 – 2024 |
| Battery capacity | 26.8 kWh | 22 kWh |
| Chemistry | NMC | NMC |
| Battery warranty | 8 years or 100,000 miles guaranteed capacity: 75% | Not recorded |
| Repairable module by module | No | Yes |
| Replacing one module | — | €400 – €1,200 |
| New pack, order of magnitude | ≈ €7,000 | ≈ €7,500 |
| WLTP consumption | 4.3 – 4.6 miles/kWh | 3.9 miles/kWh |
| Home charging, per 100 miles | £5.72 – £7.68 | £6.78 – £8.47 |
| Battery lease | Never | Never |
| Going further |
Capacity: every version sold under that name. Warranty: terms recorded for the UK, by year of first registration. Prices: orders of magnitude recorded in France, in euros, never quotes. Charging: from the most frugal version on the cheapest tariff to the thirstiest in real-world use.
Before you choose
A table compares models; you buy a car. Capacity depends on the version, the warranty on the date of first registration, and the state of health on the life the battery has had. The checker answers for one specific car: remaining warranty, expected state of health, cost of a failure.