Bentley will launch a new electric model every year between 2025 and 2030, luxury car makers have announced today, because it continues outside 100 roadmap towards the BEF range completely. Dubbed “five in five,” the strategy will see the fast evolution of Bentley Line-Up, adding the fifth model to the current portfolio. This will also mean an increase in labor, with 4,000 employees currently expected to increase as the acceleration of BEV development.
The news came to the heel of Bentley’s announcement earlier today that it will build the first fully-electric car at the Krowe factory in England. The new “Bentley Dream Factory” will be part of an investment of $ 3.4 billion that car makers plan to produce for the next ten years, with the first results at the end of 2025 when Bentley Bev early arrives. At the end of this decade, meanwhile, the whole range of Bentley will be all electrified.
“Dream Factory” will not only be carbon neutral, because of the existing crewe facilities, but will also target zero emissions in water, waste, and other environmental impacts in 2030. At that time, Bentley had to end in neutral carbon. This will do that while also emphasizing the focus of car makers in bespoke details, classical techniques that have been enhanced for things such as wood and skin veneers, but with digital manufacturing used to accelerate development.
Gone will be a traditional production line; In place, Bentley plans to use autonomous “drivers” to move every vehicle through the production process. It will allow each model to be transferred between various departments, because Bentley focuses on providing unique and special features spent by many owners. To help strength it all, 30,000 solar panels at the crewe plant will be expanded with one third.
Demand for phev (plug-in hybrid) has been strong for Bentley. His first model, Hybrid Bentayga, has made 20% SUV sales. It was a big problem, when Bentayga’s sales formed 45% of all Bentley models sold. Then the 2022 Flying Spur Hybrid appeared, which we drove earlier this month, and who gave more insight into begging about what Bentley was all electricity. The car maker expects it to capture around 20% of the sales of upscale sedans.
In 2024, there would be a hybrid version of each Bentley model: considering the only current outlier was the Continental GT Coupe and Convertible, which sets the date for the hybrid version of the car sports car maker. In 2026, meanwhile, all bentley offers will be exclusively hybrid or electricity.
Bev is indeed very reasonable for luxury vehicles. The V12 Bentley engine, for example, is known for torque saturation with a very low engine speed, but an electric motor can immediately provide all their torque. Combined with a much more calm operation and vibration pieces, compared to internal combustion engines, it is difficult to not see why EV has received traction among high-end vehicle manufacturers.
Bentley, of course, a low volume player even in the category released. In 2021, only around 15,000 cars were produced for sales throughout the world; New car message now, and you see a list of 7+ months waiting. Even with small numbers that came from the line, relatively, Bentley argued that he packed out an outsize for the category.
Just like what Bentley Bev first, the car maker played close to his chest. The target range has not been revealed, although Bentley said it really saw the comfort of the filling experience as more important for the owner. The first BEV will be an addition to the existing line-up, rather than replacing Spur flying, Bentayga, Coupe Continental GT, or Continental GT Convertible.