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Bentley launches 3-year research study on EV powertrains: OCTOPUS

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Bentley Motors has launched a three-year research study on electric vehicle powertrains, utilizing a fully integrated, free from rare-earth magnet e-axle that supports electric vehicle architectures. This reinforces Bentley’s ambition to lead sustainable luxury mobility and introduce the first fully electric Bentley by 2026.

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Bentley launching five new electric cars from 2025

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Bentley Motors will launch five new electric cars from 2025. Bentley also revealed a £2.5-billion From 2025, the first Bentley electric vehicle will be designed, developed and produced at its headquarters in Crewe, England. Bentley expects more than 20% of sales this year will come from Bentley’s hybrid cars.

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Bentley unveils plug-in hybrid concept

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Luxury automaker Bentley, a member of the Volkswagen Group, unveiled its Bentley Hybrid Concept—a preview of Bentley’s first production plug-in hybrid model, which is planned to be a dedicated version of the all-new SUV available in 2017. Bentley Hybrid Concept. Click to enlarge.

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Bentley ending production of iconic W12 engine with the most powerful version ever

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Bentley will cease production of its 12-cylinder gasoline engine in April 2024, by which time more than 100,000 examples of the iconic W12 will have been handcrafted in the company’s Dream Factory in Crewe, England. Development work has concluded recently on the most powerful version of the W12 ever created.

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Bentley delivers powertrain with 40% improvement in fuel efficiency; new direct-injected V8 with cylinder deactivation

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Bentley will unveil two new Bentley Continental V8 models at the Detroit Auto Show in January, both equipped with a new 4.0 The new engine and a new close-ratio 8-speed transmission help meet Bentley’s commitment to a new powertrain delivering a 40% improvement in fuel efficiency and CO 2 emissions.

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Bentley CEO says luxury market rejects electric cars

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The Volkswagen Group ultra-luxury brand Bentley appears to have cooled even more on EVs. In 2020, Bentley. As its CEO Frank-Steffen Walliser recently told Car and Driver "what we see in the luxury market right now (is that) people reject electric cars."

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Bentley installs biofuel tank at Crewe factory after successful biogasoline performance trial at Goodwood

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Bentley has installed a 1,200-liter biofuel tank at its Crewe factory after successful performance trials of biogasoline— Sustain by Coryton —at Goodwood Festival of Speed. Bentley ran its six-strong fleet at Goodwood using the fuel and successfully completed all 32 hill-climbs.

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