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Dacia chief warns Mioveni output will fall by double digits, while Duster and Bigster production remains uncertain

From Adevărul · () Romanian

Translated from Romanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Dacia chief Mihai Bordeanu warned that production at the Mioveni plant will fall by double digits in 2026.
  • He said Renault has not confirmed that future Duster and Bigster generations will be built in Romania.
  • Bordeanu urged the Romanian government to improve the plant’s competitiveness, citing energy costs of about €180 per megawatt-hour compared with €70 to €80 in Spain.

Dacia’s Mioveni plant is no longer guaranteed to build the next generations of the Duster and Bigster, according to company chief Mihai Bordeanu. Production at the Romanian factory is also expected to fall by double digits in 2026.

Bordeanu said Mioveni is competing directly with Renault Group plants in Morocco, Turkey, Spain and Slovenia. Several of those factories have received major investment in recent years, strengthening their position within the group. “At the moment we do not have a third model and, I repeat, we do not even have confirmation that the new generation of Duster or Bigster will be produced at Mioveni,” he said.

Nothing good is happening. Not only has it not happened so far, it is definitely not happening now either, and we have no vision.

· Mihai BordeanuThe Dacia chief criticized the lack of a clear government strategy for the Mioveni plant.

He called for a clear government strategy to help Romania regain the competitive advantage it had before the pandemic. “Nothing good is happening. Not only has it not happened so far, it is definitely not happening now either, and we have no vision,” Bordeanu told Money.ro.

At the moment we do not have a third model and, I repeat, we do not even have confirmation that the new generation of Duster or Bigster will be produced at Mioveni.

· Mihai BordeanuHe described the uncertainty surrounding future production assignments at the Romanian factory.

Energy prices are a major concern. Mioveni currently pays about €180 per megawatt-hour, while plants in Spain pay between €70 and €80, according to Bordeanu. “The idea is not to be like the Spaniards. The idea is to be closer to where we were in 2019. And, again, not tomorrow, but give us a perspective for the next five years,” he said.

Bordeanu said Renault has invested more than €4 billion in Romania since acquiring Dacia, and that investment should be considered in decisions about Mioveni’s future. He said the Romanian state must adopt a clearer and more transparent approach as the plant competes for future models. “The ball is in the government’s and the Romanian state’s court,” he said, adding that he expected action over the next five months.

The idea is not to be like the Spaniards. The idea is to be closer to where we were in 2019. And, again, not tomorrow, but give us a perspective for the next five years.

· Mihai BordeanuHe compared Mioveni’s energy costs with Spain’s and called for a longer-term plan.
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Originally published by Adevărul in Romanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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