Dacia Hipster Concept gives alternative vision of electric mobility
- 7 October 2025
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Dacia has given its take on the people’s car of the future with the unveiling of its Hipster Concept. The diminutive EV is a 3m-long four-seater said to
Dacia has given its take on the people’s car of the future with the unveiling of its Hipster Concept.
The diminutive EV is a 3m-long four-seater said to deliver an alternative vision of electric mobility by bucking the trend for cars that “are ever larger, ever heavier, ever more sophisticated and therefore, ever more expensive”.
Instead, the Hipster Concept takes a blank-sheet approach to make the electric mobility market accessible to as many people as possible, “offering 100% electric mobility tailored to everyday needs while aiming to halve the carbon footprint of electric vehicles”.
It’s apparently based on our real needs and real-life use of vehicles, and centred around three key requirements: agile, practical and economical.
Measuring just 3m long, 1.53m high and 1.55m wide, it weighs just 800kg, making it 20% lighter than the Spring supermini. But it also has four seats and boot space from 70 to 500 litres.
Battery and range details are under wraps for now but the Hipster Concept is said to offer sufficient range for daily journeys with the need to recharge just twice a week – based on figures that in France, 94% of motorists travel less than 24 miles per day.
Its space-saving “simple and robust” design centres around a “block sitting firmly on four wheels at the four corners, with no overhang at either the front or rear”. The front-end is entirely horizontal and the tailgate covers the entire width of Dacia Hipster Concept and opens in two parts to provide access to the boot.
The rear lights are positioned behind the tailgate window so they don’t require their own glass panel and the streamlined approach extends to a single body colour and only three painted parts – the front of the car and the side door entry elements. As with the latest Duster, it features side protection from the brand’s Starkle inhouse-developed material partly derived from recycled plastic.
The interior also optimises space with “very vertical” windows and windscreen, to make the most of the available space. To reduce costs and weight, the side windows are sliding.
Access to the rear seats is facilitated by the wide door opening and the front passenger seat that tilts forward. Seats are designed “to combine comfort and user-friendliness with weight and cost reduction” and even the openwork design on the headrests helps to shed weight.
The dashboard incorporates two airbags for the driver and passenger, and the concept comes with Dacia’s YouClip anchor points to accommodate various accessories, such as cup holders, armrests, ceiling lights and so on.
To keep both weight and cost down, the Hipster comes with a smartphone docking station, which “remains faithful to Dacia’s BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) philosophy”. Drivers can even use their smartphone as a digital key to unlock and start the car. Once the driver is seated, the dock acts as a multimedia screen to display their favourite navigation app. It also serves as the vehicle’s audio system, connected to a portable Bluetooth speaker that is compatible with YouClip.
While it’s only a concept for now, Dacia has said the Hipster Concept has a feasible future and hasn’t ruled out the possibility of a production version.
