Dacia Spring -- Renault's Dongfeng-made "city car". It's a twisted story but it sounds like a deal. Renault designed it. Dongfeng, a partner of Renault in China makes it. It is branded as the Dacia Spring and is for sale in Europe. The Electric Viking offers the story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJqhe4nozFA Even if it is not the car you want it is a good indication of how things are changing. It's a small car but with enough space and enough power to get you around, has Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries and it's cheap -- less than $10,000 in China.