How cool is this! Dacia’s Hipster Concept is a compact, all-electric city car designed to make zero-emission mobility genuinely affordable. It targets a carbon footprint roughly half that of today’s EVs by stripping weight, complexity and cost, coming in 20% lighter than the Dacia Spring. At just 3.0 m long, 1.53 m high and 1.55 m wide, it still offers four proper seats and a boot that adjusts from 70 to 500 litres, matching real daily needs rather than pushing larger, heavier and pricier hardware.
The design is deliberately simple and robust, with wheels at each corner, no front or rear overhangs and a horizontal front graphic with slim lamps. Cost-smart touches include rear lights mounted behind the tailgate glass, a single body colour with only three painted parts, protective cladding and skid plates made from Starkle recycled plastic, and lightweight door straps instead of conventional handles. Step inside and the near-vertical glass, glazed roof panel and squared-off architecture maximise space. The front seats form a friendly bench with a visible lightweight frame and mesh fabric, while the folding rear bench lets you prioritise passengers or luggage. Two airbags are integrated into the dash.
The cabin follows Dacia’s BYOD philosophy. Your smartphone becomes the digital key, slots into a docking station to run navigation and media, and pairs with a portable Bluetooth speaker for audio. Personalisation is built in via 11 YouClip mounting points across the cabin and boot for accessories such as cupholders, armrests and lights. The Hipster Concept is engineered for typical Irish and European use patterns, offering sufficient range for everyday driving with roughly two top-ups a week. It extends Dacia’s mission to democratise essential mobility by re-imagining the people’s car for the electric era, and it is already viewable in the Dacia AR app.
