Bentley's Next Electric Model Is Coming After 2030
- In London, Bentley debuted the Torcal, its first-ever electric vehicle, sharing the Premium Platform Electric architecture with the Porsche Cayenne Electric and Audi models.
- Bentley CEO Frank-Steffen Walliser announced the company's decade-long roadmap has ended, as waning demand and changing regulations prompted the shift toward flexible production over rigid electrification timelines.
- The potent Torcal S variant produces 876 horsepower and 1,350 Nm of torque, reaching 60 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds while delivering a WLTP range topping 375 miles.
- Production at the Crewe complex is shifting to accommodate both electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids on the same assembly line, allowing output to adapt based on customer orders and regulatory allowances.
- Future electric vehicles will utilize the Volkswagen Group's Scalable Systems Platform, as Bentley prioritizes reactive planning over fixed electrification schedules to accommodate shifting market conditions.
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Bentley's Next Electric Model Is Coming After 2030
Bentley has no intention of setting another date for going fully electric. Big kahuna Frank-Steffen Walliser told Autocar at the Torcal's debut event in London that the era of the decade-long roadmap is over at Crewe, killing off the last remnant of the Beyond100 strategy the company announced back in 2020. Walliser does not expect predictable planning to come back anytime soon. Regulators, in his telling, have new ideas every week. ... (continu…
Bentley scraps electrification timeline for new flexible approach
CEO says "predictable planning" won't come back as he eyes 36-month lead times and multi-powertrain line-up Bentley is adopting a much more flexible and agile electrification strategy in response to uncertainties in the marketplace, having scrapped a previous plan to make the brand all-electric by 2030. In 2020, the company announced plans to phase out all combustion models by the end of this decade, but in light of waning luxury EV demand and r…
Bentley renounces all-electricity in 2030 and relies on a more flexible strategy, dictated by real demand. In Crewe, the lines are transformed into Dream Factory capable of changing course without warning.
Bentley drops electrification timeline; to take a more flexible approach, shorten product development times
Bentley Torcal Bentley has now taken a more flexible strategy towards electrification instead of its previous plan to have its product range become fully electric by 2030, Autocar has reported. The British luxury marque announced […] The post Bentley drops electrification timeline; to take a more flexible approach, shorten product development times appeared first on Paul Tan's Automotive News.
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