DS E-Tense electric concept car revealed ahead of Geneva Motor Show

An all-electric DS E-Tense concept car has been unveiled ahead of the Geneva Motor Show.

The two-seat, high-performance GT marks DS’s second full year as a standalone brand separate from Citroen and signals its intent to cement its image as a luxurious top-end manufacturer away from its mainstream parent company.

It has a claimed fully electric overall range of 193 miles – or 224-mile/358 kilometres purely urban range. The E-Tense has 381lb ft of torque and 402bhp generated by lithium-ion batteries under the car’s monocoque carbonfibre chassis, which also features front and rear double-wishbone suspension.

The E-Tense is 4.72 metres long and 1.29 metres tall, and its swooping, fluid design echoes the styling of the Divine DS concept from 2015 and shares elements with its predecessor, such as having no rear windscreen and instead using digital rear view technology.

Also at the rear of the car are LED tail-lights and indicators integrated into the roof, which DS says is inspired by the DS from 1955, while it also gets active LED daytime running lights that can rotate 180 degrees and which are likely to be used on future DS models.

The manufacturer claims its interior took 800 hours to design, test and produce, and it has collaborated with French luxury brands Moynat, BRM Chronographes and Focal, to design a helmet harness, the centre-console timepiece that can be detached and worn as a watch, and a nine-speaker audio system, respectively.