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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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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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Scout Motors selects South Carolina for first plant; $2B investment, 200k units per year

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Scout Motors, the recently formed independent company backed by Volkswagen Group ( earlier post , is establishing its first manufacturing plant near Columbia, South Carolina, where it will build electric next-generation trucks and rugged SUVs harkening back to the iconic Scout vehicles produced from 1960 to 1980.

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2024 GMC Sierra HD AT4X, 2025 Bentley Continental GT: Car News Headlines

Baua Electric

Bentley is working on an update for the Continental GT and a prototype for the convertible has been spotted. The updated range will no longer off a W-12 engine, and may end up with hybrid powertains only. You’ll find these stories and more in today’s car news, right here at Motor Authority.

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Bentley showcases new EXP 9 F SUV concept at Auto China; considering V6 plug-in hybrid powertrain

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Bentley is showcasing a new Sport Utility Vehicle concept, EXP 9 F, at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition. The all-wheel drive luxury SUV concept makes its debut in China as potential third Bentley model-line; powertrains under consideration include a 500bhp, 4.0-litre liter W12 engine.

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Bentley to Introduce New FlexFuel Supersports Convertible at Geneva Show

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Bentley will introduce its new FlexFuel capable Supersports Convertible at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. The standardization of FlexFuel technology across the 2011 Continental model range reaffirms Bentley’s ongoing commitment to make all its cars bio-fuel compatible by 2012. The Supersports Convertible. Urban 25.5

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Lamborghini LB744 supercar gets three-motor PHEV … with a V12

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Surround it with electric motors to create the most powerful road car on the market. Just as Rolls-Royce, Bentley, BMW and Mercedes-Benz are working to phase out their V12 engines, Lamborghini has spent big bucks on a new engine. Electric motors, on the other hand, are usually upwards of 90 percent efficient.

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