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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 Commits to Five New EVs by 2030, Adding a New Model in 2025

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The British luxury car manufacturer Bentley has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2030 and planning to release their first electric vehicle in 2025. Bentley’s historic Crewe facility, which produced its first vehicle over 75 years ago, will now be used to produce electric vehicles. The Dream Factory. Actions Speak Louder.

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Volkswagen Group of America opens new Tradepoint Atlantic vehicle terminal at Port of Baltimore; formerly site of Bethlehem steel

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Volkswagen, Audi, Lamborghini and Bentley vehicles will be imported and processed at the port. The Port of Baltimore transported approximately 857,890 vehicles in 2019. VWGoA port operations were made official with the arrival of the first vehicle transport vessel, Bishu Highway , delivering 797 vehicles from Europe.

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Volkswagen Zwickau car factory now producing only electric models

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3 1st Edition already started at the site in west Saxony in November 2019, and the start of production of the ID.4 The bodies for the Lamborghini and Bentley luxury SUVs will continue to be produced in Zwickau. 4, an SUV from the sister brand Audi is also planned. Series production of the ID.3 4 will follow this summer.

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Volkswagen Group of America opens next-gen charging station at Arizona global test center

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Construction began in early 2019 and was completed in February 2020. The 1,600-acre Arizona Proving Grounds opened in 1993 and supports testing of vehicle durability, corrosion, weathering and severe hot-weather endurance for all Volkswagen Group products worldwide including the Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bentley and Volkswagen brands.

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Volkswagen boosts Project Trinity budget to electrify its European production plants

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platform since 2019 and has introduced several electric models under the umbrella of its EV-focused drivetrain and design. Bentley will also develop a new model at the Hanover site, along with the initial builds of the ID. Project Trinity outlines Volkswagen’s goal to become the leader in electrification and e-mobility by 2025.

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Lotus claims it will be first pure EV sports car brand

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The first electric Lotus was the Evija hypercar that bowed in 2019 and starts customer deliveries in 2022. 2030: Bentley, Cupra, Fiat, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Rolls-Royce, Volvo. The Emira is going into production to replace three Lotus petrol mainstays, the Exige, Elise and Evora. 2022 Lotus Evija hypercar. 2028: Chrysler.

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