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Bentley Bentayga SUV to be luxury brand's first plug-in hybrid

Green Car Reports

Unlike rival Rolls-Royce, which may go directly to an all-electric model in future, Bentley has set its sights on plug-in hybrids first—and the Bentayga luxury SUV will be the first one from the brand.

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Bentley Hybrid Concept: Preview Of 2017 SUV Plug-In Hybrid System

Green Car Reports

As Bentley has been promising for more than two years now, it will introduce a plug-in hybrid powertrain in a future product. Now we know that the first plug-in Bentley ever will come in 2017, in a dedicated version of its upcoming sport-utilty vehicle.

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

Green Car Reports

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. Hydrogen cars are struggling to gain a foothold in the expansion of cleaner and greener electric cars.

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

The Truth About Cars

Cadillac currently sells two EVs, the Lyriq SUV and the Celestiq sedan. 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.

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Volkswagen Zwickau car factory now producing only electric models

Green Car Congress

Going forward, only electric models of Volkswagen and in future also of the sister brands Audi and Seat will be produced in Zwickau. We are proud of what we have achieved so far, and at the same time are greatly looking forward to what the future holds for us. 4, an SUV from the sister brand Audi is also planned.

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Porsche investing €600M in Leipzig plant; new body shop for electric Macan

Green Car Congress

And this is why we are preparing the factory ready for the future. We are considerably enhancing our site in Saxony and making sure that it is in the best possible position to handle future mobility concepts and customer expectations. We’ve never regretted the decision we made in 1999 to set up a factory in Leipzig.

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

Green Car Reports

Audi, Jaguar, and Mercedes-Benz will each launch a new all-electric SUV within the next two years. 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.

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