Paris Motor Show 2026: The 5 Coolest Electric Concept Cars

The Paris Motor Show opens its doors on Monday, but the best of it arrived early. On Sunday night Stellantis took over Hangar Y, the restored airship hangar in Meudon on the edge of Paris, and pulled the covers off six concept cars in a single evening. Renault had already shown its new electric people mover a few days before. We went through every reveal and picked the five electric ideas we most want to see on the show floor at Porte de Versailles.

Some are close-to-production previews with a price attached. Others are rolling sketchbooks that may never reach a dealer. All five say something about where electric cars go next, and two of them bring back names we never expected to see again!

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1. Peugeot RCZ Vision: 500 hp, solid-state cells and no steering column

The original RCZ was a small coupe people bought with their hearts. The RCZ Vision keeps its Zagato-inspired double-bubble roof and reinvents nearly everything else. It is a four-seat electric grand tourer on Stellantis’ new STLA One platform, and it carries the most ambitious spec sheet of the weekend: 500 hp, a 1,000-volt system and a solid-state battery just 110 mm thick, developed with Factorial Energy.

Peugeot claims up to 600 km (373 miles) on the European WLTP cycle and a 10 to 80 percent charge in 10 minutes. Treat both as targets for now. Solid-state cells are still pre-production across the industry, and Peugeot marks its own 11.5 kWh per 100 km efficiency figure as not yet confirmed.

The cabin is where it gets genuinely new. Steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire replace the mechanical links to the wheels, and the driver holds Hypersquare, a squared-off controller with four rings for the main functions that turns slightly less than one full rotation from lock to lock. Transparent Micro LED displays float above it, the center screen can switch off and nearly vanish, and the dashboard clock comes from the French watchmaker SERICA. The light blue Alcantara and recycled leather interior is the most inviting thing Peugeot has drawn in years.

2. Citroën 2 CV Concept: the icon comes back for about €15,000

Citroën promised in May that the 2 CV would return as an affordable EV. On Sunday night it showed what that car looks like, and it is pure joy: an orange four-door hatch (Citroën calls the color Infra Red) with freestanding round headlamps, exposed wipers, a vertical windscreen, 18-inch steel wheels and a fabric sunroof. It is 3.76 meters long and targets a weight of about one tonne.

That low weight is the whole strategy. A lighter car needs a smaller battery, and a smaller battery is how Citroën plans to reach a starting price of about €15,000. It will be built in Europe and join the range by 2028, slotting between the tiny Ami and the C3. Power, battery size and range have not been announced.

The interior is our favorite room in Paris this week. There is no dashboard in the usual sense: a single cylinder holds the one-spoke steering wheel, one control lever and the paddles. The seats wear yellow tartan, the front passenger seat pulls out, a removable basket replaces the center console, and the radio, called Radioën, detaches and comes with you. We would like one, please!

3. Renault E-Space Concept: a six-seat lounge on 23-inch wheels

Forty-two years after the first Espace invented the European minivan, Renault wants to make the family car desirable again. The E-Space is a one-box electric people mover, 4.70 meters long and 2.02 meters wide, rolling on 23-inch wheels at the four corners. A wide U-shaped light strip wraps the front and rear, the Renault diamond floats in a field of pixels, and the windscreen flows straight into the bonnet.

Inside, Renault describes six identical individual seats in three rows on a flat floor. They can swivel slightly, and some layouts gather them around a large table. A curved OpenR Panorama display stretches 1,130 mm across the cabin in place of a conventional dashboard, and Renault says that screen is coming to its future upper-range EVs.

Renault has not shown the cabin in photos yet, and it says there are currently no plans for a production version. Its world premiere is Monday morning at 8:30 CET in Hall 6, so we will add interior photos once they are out. We hope the reaction in Paris changes Renault’s mind.

4. Fiat Multiplay: minivan, SUV and pickup in one

The original Multipla was famously odd and secretly brilliant. The Multiplay borrows its name and its attitude. In family mode it is a 4.45 meter MPV with six seats. Slide the rear module forward on its guides and it becomes a four-seat pickup with an open bed, and the roof spoiler rotates around to become a rack for two bikes.

The details are where Fiat had the most fun. The second row includes the Petsenger seat, a modular cushion that takes a child seat, a dog, a small table or luggage, and part of it detaches to double as a leash. The front passenger seat turns into the Sunseat, a rear-facing lounger under the glass roof. Almost every soft surface is stitch-free 3D-knit textile in a watermelon palette of green, red and pink.

Fiat calls the Multiplay a laboratory of solutions rather than a preview of a specific model, and it has not said what powers it. We have marked that box as not announced rather than guess.

5. DS F3VER: the hatchback that changes color as you walk around it

DS has had a quiet few years, and the F3VER (say it fever) is its loudest statement in a long time. It is a compact electric hatch, 4.19 meters long on a generous 2.70 meter wheelbase, painted in a dichroic Cosmic Blue that shifts from bright blue to deep violet as the light changes.

Look at the lights. Up front, a vertical totem carries the DS emblem between Y-shaped lamps. At the back, each lamp is built from 16 LED panels on an ultra-light magnesium frame inspired by the glass roof of the Grand Palais. DS calls its approach Design Intelligence: one-piece bumpers, no stick-on plastic around the wheel arches and fewer parts overall.

DS describes the F3VER as an exploratory concept and claims class-leading range and interior space without giving numbers yet. Its design cues are meant for future DS models, and visitors to the stand can personalize their own version in a web app and share it.

Also in Paris this week

• Alpine PS1. Alpine’s first Projet Spécial is unveiled on Monday, October 12. The teaser shows razor-thin headlamps carrying a tricolor light signature. Alpine has not confirmed the powertrain.
• Opel STX Concept. Revealed alongside the cars above, it previews Opel’s next design language on a future estate, with the new Vizor lamella lighting. Opel has not said what powers it.
• Alfa Romeo Cuorerosso. The one concept from Sunday night that is not electric: a performance car built around a 2.9 V6 full hybrid.
• Renault 5 Turbo 3E. Renault’s 555 hp revival of the mid-engined 1980s hot hatch, now with two rear in-wheel motors, shown close to production form.

Paris Motor Show 2026: quick answers

When and where is the Paris Motor Show 2026?

The 91st Mondial de l’Auto runs October 12 to 18, 2026, at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.

Which of these concepts will reach production?

The Citroën 2 CV is the only one with a production date: it joins Citroën’s range by 2028 at about €15,000. Peugeot says the RCZ Vision’s Hypersquare controller goes into the next e-208. Renault says it has no current plans to build the E-Space, Fiat calls the Multiplay a laboratory of ideas, and DS calls the F3VER exploratory.

Are any of them coming to the US?

None of the five has a US launch announced. Citroën, DS, Peugeot and Renault do not sell cars in the US today.

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Stellantis, “Stellantis Unveils Six Concept Cars The Night Before the Paris Motor Show” (October 11, 2026), and the brand releases for the Peugeot RCZ Vision, Citroën 2 CV Concept, Fiat Multiplay and DS F3VER; Renault, E-Space Concept release (October 6, 2026); reporting by Motor1, Carscoops and Auto Express. US-style range is our estimate, converted from WLTP at about 0.80. Photos courtesy of Peugeot, Citroën, Renault, Fiat and DS Automobiles.

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