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Bentley launching five new electric cars from 2025

Green Car Congress

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 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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Bentley pushes back plans for its first EV, and its commitment to an all-electric lineup

Teslarati

Bentley has pushed back its plans for its first EV, as well as its commitment to an all-electric lineup. Among luxury and legendary automakers, Bentley is in the same realm as Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, and Ferrari. All of the previously listed companies have made somewhat firm commitments to a focus on EVs moving forward.

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Bentley CEO: Rich People Felt Bad About Showing Off, Causing Drop in Sales

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People who buy cars from brands like Bentley aren’t generally concerned with things like recessions and the opinions of the masses, but the automaker thinks its customers are buying fewer expensive cars because they feel bad about showing off. Image: Bentley] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Bentley and Little Car Company go beyond vintage with an all-electric, street legal Blower Jnr

Electrek

Bentley Motors and The Little Car Company have teamed up to bring a street legal, 85% scale version of a vehicle that goes beyond classic, beyond vintage, and beyond expensive. Built to Bentley Motors’ quality standards, the all-electric Blower Jnr, inspired by the former’s historic 1929 Car No.

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U of Birmingham, Bentley and partners in rare-earth recycling project; RaRE

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The University of Birmingham is working with Bentley Motors and others on a three-year research project to deliver a sustainable source of rare earth magnets for electric and hybrid vehicles. million (US$3.6-million) Illustration of the HPMS process applied to the voice coil assembly of a hard disk drive. Source: HyProMag.

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Bentley CEO Jumps Ship for Aston Martin

The Truth About Cars

Bentley's former CEO Adrian Hallmark has broken with the company after making remarks that sales were down due to wealthy people buying fewer luxury products over concerns that it might upset poorer people living in those markets. I believe now is the right time to allow the Company to transition to new leadership.