> Its in a competitive space with Dacia Spring, Renault Zoe and maybe Nissan Leaf, all of which are there or thereabouts for the announced price

The Renault Zoe was discontinued 2 years back, the apt comparison these days would likely be the fun-size (and quite similarly styled!) Renault Twingo.

The Nissan Leaf costs about twice as much as any of those here in Spain, and even the budget-priced Nissan Juke is quite a bit more.

Realistically, at the price they pitch it, it's mostly positioned to cannibalise sales of Citroen's own ë-C3.

Dacia Spring is basically everything some people think all Chinese cars are. I.e. extremely cheaply built, will definitely not last (it's one of the worst performing cars for safety-critical defects in 2/3 year inspections), with bad safety and somehow worse performance.

It's a typical example of boots theory. So cheap and compromised you'll spend more in the long run.

It's in a competitive space with the Geely EX2, China's best selling car, which starts from $9000.

The only thing keeping European auto makers alive at this point is tariffs.