Romanian car manufacturer Dacia currently sells the Spring, one of Europe’s most affordable electric cars. But that compact city EV is built in Wuhan, China, through a Renault-Dongfeng joint venture and is imported into Europe.

 

But Dacia is working on a more home-grown EV that will be sold alongside the Spring—and could be one of the biggest moves yet by a European automaker to counter China's rise in the space.