Renault Emblème – A Concept Car to Save the Planet

A vehicle that looks like something James Bond might take to the farmers’ market on a Saturday, but leaves a smaller carbon footprint than a vegan on a fixie – meet the Renault Emblème. It's not just a car. It’s a laboratory on wheels, a bold promise to reshape the world, rescue polar bears, and look fantastically futuristic while doing so.

Renault’s past attempts at emotional design have often landed somewhere between the Clio and a midlife crisis. But now, the French marque has decided the planet deserves something more. Something grand. Something that can generate 90% less CO₂ over its lifetime compared to a standard 2019 car. Welcome to the future.

Every component of the Emblème concept is crafted to emit 70% less carbon dioxide during production. Half of the materials used are recycled – some of it possibly from your old toaster – and the vehicle itself is almost entirely recyclable. Think of it as a 4.8-meter-long plastic bottle with a panoramic screen stretching across the dashboard.

Design-wise, the Emblème sits somewhere between a shooting brake and a spacecraft. It looks like no family car you’ve ever seen. And under the skin? A dual-energy powertrain that combines electricity and hydrogen – a pairing built for both urban jaunts and long-distance adventures.

Since the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, Renault Group has made it clear it doesn’t just want to reduce emissions – it wants to be part of the solution. The goal? Full carbon neutrality in Europe by 2040. And leading that revolution is none other than the Emblème – the rolling embodiment of what comes next.