Dreame’s Bugatti-copying EV to be revealed at CES 2026 – over 1,000 hp, 0-100 km/h in under 1.8 seconds

Our collective eyebrows were raised when Chinese robot vacuum maker Dreame indicated that it planned to build cars – and even more so when it released renderings of a four-door supercar that looked suspiciously like a stretched Bugatti Chiron.

We thought it was just a fanciful imagining that took a bit too much from the source material, but the second model it revealed soon after – an actual SUV that was basically a Rolls-Royce Cullinan clone – showed that the company was not above copying established luxury car designs.

Anyway, the original supercar will finally receive its real-world debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on January 5, and teasers show that the Bugatti DNA is very much still present and accounted for in the styling. Only now, Dreame appears to have updated its “inspiration” from the Chiron to Molsheim’s later limited-run specials.

The slatted headlights, wraparound windscreen and two-tone colour scheme, for instance, are reminiscent of the Mistral and Brouillard, while the massive dual-channel rear diffuser and full-width taillights with their multiple flat blades bring to mind the track-focused Divo. What’s next, the interior from the Tourbillon?

In fact, the only truly unique cues are the fixed rear wing (as opposed to Bugatti’s active pop-out units) and the ditching of the distinctive horseshoe grille – the latter was apparently a bridge too far. Interestingly, the massive wheels feature a six-lug design, similar to GM’s Ultium-based EVs.

Beyond the slavishly derivative design, the still-unnamed new car does at least have some impressive specs. According to Autohome, it’s a pure electric model – rather than being a range-extended EV as per the Cullin…I mean, the SUV – that produces over 1,000 hp (735 kW), can cool its motors to just 15 ºC and gets from zero to 100 km/h in under 1.8 seconds. We’ll believe it when we see it.

An update on Dreame’s automotive project – it appears it has been spun off and won’t be parked under the main brand; instead, it’s being referred to as the “Starry Sky Project”, or Nebula Next to give it its supposed English name. What do you think – is this the super-EV of your Dreames, or a nightmare for copyright law? Let us know in the comments.

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