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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. That’s paraphrasing and his words were chosen much more carefully.

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Corby answers the $456,000 question: Is the luxury-soaked Bentley Flying Spur the world’s most pointless plug-in hybrid?

EV Central

I don’t know about you, but when I picture climate warriors – the kind who’ll chain themselves to things, get arrested, become Senators and then realise that changing the system is about as effective as attempting to save polar bears by sleeping naked on ice – I don’t see them driving Bentleys that cost $456,000.

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Bentley Invests Big in UK-Made BEVs With ‘Beyond100’

Drive Electric

Bentley’s first-ever Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) will be available to buy in 2025. There will also be a new electric Bentley launched every year for five years from 2025. Bentley says that its first EV will be developed and built in the UK. Can’t wait three years for a luxury Bentley EV?

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Bentley Electric Car, Cadillac ELR Axed, California Electric-Car Sales: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, Bentley considers an electric car, General Motors admits the Cadillac ELR has no future, and California continues to lead the nation in electric-car sales. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Catch up on last week's news with our Week in Reverse feature and video.

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Future Jaguar EVs Will Be Pitched As Porsche And Bentley Rivals

InsideEVs

Jaguar is currently struggling with sales, but instead of selling more cars, maybe it can sell more expensive cars to stay afloat.

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Cadillac's New Electric V-Series Concept is Far From a Silent EV

The Truth About Cars

While the Lyriq is a somewhat traditional premium electric vehicle, the Celestiq pits the Cadillac name head to head with luxury heavyweights Rolls-Royce and Bentley. The brand doesn’t currently offer a performance EV, but hot sedans are nothing new to the company. That said, GM hasn’t had the smoothest rollout with its other electric models.

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Volkswagen Group to invest €51.6B over next five years; seeking to make itself future-proof

Green Car Congress

We are systematically pursuing the goals of our Strategy 2018 to further increase our profitability and to make Volkswagen the world’s most future-proof automotive group. The ratio of capital expenditure to sales revenue will be at a competitive level of around 6% on average in the period 2011 to 2015. —Prof.

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