It would be made in India.
Electric cars are already a reality but, generally speaking, they are expensive. There are very few cheap options on the market, one of the few alternatives being the Dacia Spring. It is precisely this segment that Chinese brands plan to attack, but there are also some European ones with projects in this regard, as is the case with Citroën.
Not long ago, Walter Tavares stated that in Europe, due to cost issues, it is impossible to manufacture affordable electric cars, the only viable option being to produce them in countries where they are lower and then import them.
It is something that confirms the Dacia, which is produced in China, and that the brand with the double chevron could solve by creating its small EV based on the Citroën C3 that is produced in India.
Introduced in 2020, the model created for the Indian market is a cross between the utility and the C3 Aircross which is a small SUV. It uses a simplified version of the CMF platform and its production cost is much more affordable.
These characteristics would make it a good place to manufacture the brand’s new electric car, which a priori should be called Citroën ë-C3, which is currently under development and whose features would be advanced, at least in a certain way, by the Citroën Oli. , prototype that has been released in recent months.
The new generation of the C3 is expected to be marketed exclusively with electrical mechanics and, in addition, it will have the ‘low-cost’ approach with which the French brand is to be positioned in the market, becoming the most accessible firm within Setallantis.
The objective, then, is to offer more affordable prices and, in this case, make electric mobility reach a wider audience.
Logically, it will be in a lower price range than other zero emissions in the group, such as the Peugeot 208 and Opel Corsa, which are currently above the 30,000-euro barrier. To be able to stand up to the Spring, this model should be practically at 20,000 euros.
