Bentley Motors has announced that its first fully electric car, due to be revealed in 2026, will be the world’s first true luxury urban SUV.
This model – which has been designed and developed at the Bentley headquarters in Crewe, where it will be produced – will be the first of a new PHEV or BEV model to be launched every year over the next decade as the company’s product and investment offensive continues at pace with an ambition to be building only fully electric cars from 2035.
Already leading the way in the luxury hybrid car sector, Bentley will consequently further cement this position by extending the lifecycle of PHEV models beyond 2030 – to 2035.
And the Continental GT coupe, Convertible and Flying Spur models are now exclusively offered with an Ultra Performance plug-in V8 hybrid powertrain following the discontinuation of Bentley’s iconic W12 engine after over 20 years of production in Crewe.
All this is part of the company’s forward-thinking Beyond100 business strategy, now called Beyond100+.
“Four years almost to the day that Bentley initially outlined its Beyond100 strategy, we adapt to today’s economic, market and legislative environment to initiate a major transformative phase for tomorrow,” said Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser, Chairman and CEO of Bentley Motors.
“Beyond100+ becomes our guiding light as we extend our ambitions beyond 2030, while maintaining our aim of a decarbonised future, including offering only fully electric cars from 2035, and reinforcing our credentials as the British creator of extraordinary cars for over a century and beyond.”
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