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Feb Plug-in electric car sales, Tesla Supercharger expansion, Bentley electric SUV: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we have plug-in electric car sales tallies for February, plans for a major expansion of the Tesla Supercharger fast-charging network, and a report that Bentley is considering an all-electric SUV. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Such a model.

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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. Bently has also launched a new initiative called the Five-in-Five plan, which calls for the company to release a new electric vehicle every year from 2025 through 2030.

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All-electric Bentley convertible concept shown at Geneva

Green Car Reports

The Volkswagen Group can't seem to get enough luxury electric cars. The Audi e-tron SUV and Porsche Mission E sedan will go into production over the next few years, with an electric version of the VW Phaeton sedan expected as well.

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Could hydrogen fuel cells be seen as an upgrade in the future?

Green Car Reports

Hydrogen cars are struggling to gain a foothold in the expansion of cleaner and greener electric cars. Bentley, for example, revealed in an interview with British car magazine Autocar last spring that it is considering fuel cells to give its large SUVs greater.

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Gigantic Chinese Nio ET9 electric car guns for German limos with advanced battery tech that adds 255km in less than five minutes

EV Central

China’s Nio has pulled the drapes off the Nio ET9 it hopes will steal sales from luxurious European brands Mercedes-Maybach, Bentley and, even, Rolls-Royce when it lands in China in 2025 priced from 800,000 yuan ($165,000). 2025 Nio ET9 is intended to be a rival for German luxury cars.

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Volkswagen Zwickau car factory now producing only electric models

Green Car Congress

After a conversion phase lasting several weeks during the summer, the first electric vehicles will be produced there at the end of the year; alongside the ID.4, 4, an SUV from the sister brand Audi is also planned. 3 is the first vehicle based on the modular electric toolkit (MEB) from Volkswagen. Series production of the ID.3

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Smaller Bentley SUV might be all-electric, competing with Audi, Jaguar, Mercedes

Green Car Reports

The Tesla Model S may have upended the luxury-car establishment, but it's the Silicon Valley automaker's Model X crossover that most traditional luxury brands now seem to be targeting. Audi, Jaguar, and Mercedes-Benz will each launch a new all-electric SUV within the next two years.

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