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Bentley is delaying the timeline for its deliberate transition to an all-electric car lineup.
The posh automaker unveiled the change to its “Beyond100” initiative on Thursday, asserting it’s going to hold manufacturing plug-in hybrid electrical autos (PHEVs) till 2035.
That marks a five-year extension from the plan it initially detailed in 2020, when Bentley unveiled a aim of transitioning to a lineup consisting of solely battery electrical autos (BEVs) by 2030.
The Bentley emblem is seen in Tallinn, Estonia, on Aug. 2, 2022. (Picture by Michal Fludra/NurPhoto through Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
Underneath the brand new “Beyond100+” technique, Bentley stated it goals to launch a brand new PHEV or BEV mannequin “yearly over the following decade” because it completes its transfer to grow to be all-electric in 2035.
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“4 years nearly to the day that Bentley initially outlined its Beyond100 technique, we adapt to at present’s financial, market and legislative surroundings to provoke a serious transformation section for tomorrow,” Bentley CEO Frank-Steffen Walliser stated in a press release. “Beyond100+ turns into our guiding gentle as we prolong our ambitions past 2030, whereas sustaining our goal of a decarbonised future, together with providing solely totally electrical automobiles from 2035, and reinforcing our credentials because the British creator of extraordinary automobiles for over a century and past.”
Bentley will roll out its first fully-electric mannequin – the “Luxurious City SUV” – in 2026. It is going to be constructed at its Crewe headquarters.
The Bentley emblem is seen outdoors Bentley Motors Ltd. headquarters manufacturing unit on November 7, 2020, in Crewe, Cheshire, England. (Nathan Stirk/Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
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The automaker additionally stated that three of its fashions – the Continental GT coupe, Continental GT convertible and Flying Spur – have been “now solely supplied with an Extremely Efficiency plug-in V8 hybrid powertrain.”
That occurred after Bentley stopped making its W12 engine over the summer season as a part of its then-Beyond100 technique. The automaker constructed greater than 100,000 W12s over the course of the engine’s lifetime.
The brand of British carmaker Bentley is displayed throughout the “Mondial de l’Auto” at Parc des Expositions on Oct. 15, 2024, in Paris, France. (Chesnot/Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
Bentley made its first foray into hybrid autos with the Bentayga Hybrid a number of years in the past.
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Over the primary six months of 2024, Bentley delivered practically 5,500 autos throughout its numerous modules, the automaker reported in late July. It accomplished a complete of 13,560 deliveries in 2023.
