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Physix Frontier · News Briefing Card (IT Home · Oct 10, 2026)

Paris Auto Show smart-driving lab: only XPeng and Tesla join

KEY FACTS

  • The 2026 Paris Auto Show opens on October 12, with 100 exhibitors setting up booths.
  • About 60 automakers are exhibiting, including 20 Chinese brands, which account for one third of the total.
  • The show has added a new smart-driving lab public experience event, and only XPeng and Tesla are participating.
  • The event marks the first large-scale public experience of XPeng NGP in Europe.
  • Officials initially invited all automakers, but most withdrew because of road-test requirements.

KEY DATA

100Total exhibitors
About 60Number of automakers
20Number of Chinese brands
One thirdShare of Chinese brands

PHYSIX OBSERVATION

The collective absence of European automakers from real-world smart-driving testing exposes their passivity in the next-generation technology race. That XPeng and Tesla dare to accept public road tests shows Chinese smart-driving solutions already have the confidence to go global. For users, this signals that the battle over global standards for intelligent driving will accelerate, and the European market may become a new battleground in the technology contest between China and the United States.

Source: IT Home report