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Who builds a new V8 engine in 2025 and why would they do it? GWM shocks the auto world … at least it’s a PHEV!

EV Central

litre V8 turbocharged petrol engine with a PHEV backup will propel GWM into an exclusive prestige club. Few vehicles utilise a V8/PHEV combo, and theyre all top tier. Think BMWs M5 and XM, Bentleys Continental GT and Flying Spur, Aston Martin Valhalla, and Ferraris SF90. twin-turbo petrol V8 PHEV powertrain. V8 PHEV into?

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Bentley starts Aussie electric move with PHEV Flying Spur launch

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The Flying Spur plug-in hybrid sedan , priced from $479,100 (plus on-road costs), will be followed within 12 months by a PHEV version of the Bentayga SUV. PHEV versions of the Continental GT and GTC coupe and convertibles should be in Australia by mid-decade. In 2030 Bentley will end ICE production all together and only make EVs.

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Bentley introduces electric EXP 12 Speed 6e concept at Geneva; high-speed inductive charging for grand touring

Green Car Congress

Bentley Motors unveiled the EXP 12 Speed 6e concept at the 2017 Geneva International Motor Show. The role of the EXP 12 Speed 6e concept is to gauge public and customer feedback to shape Bentley’s future luxury strategy. —Wolfgang Dürheimer, chairman and chief executive of Bentley Motors.

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Bentley Bentayga Hybrid family extends with new S and Azure, more power, comfort and range

Electric Cars Report

Bentley is extending its family of luxury hybrids with the addition of two new models to the Bentayga family, each with a different focus but the same exceptional attention to detail.

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Who needs a W12? Bentley’s most powerful car ever is a fuel-sipping plug-in hybrid

EV Central

German-owned British luxury auto maker Bentley has rewritten its own record book with the the all-new 2025 plug-in hybrid Continental GT Speed. Corby answers the $456,000 question: Is the luxury-soaked Bentley Flying Spur the world’s most pointless plug-in hybrid?

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

EV Central

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. Yep, you read that right. There’s then a 110kW/350Nm electric motor for each of the front wheels.

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High-Flying Spur! Bentley teases its most insanely powerful V8 hybrid luxury saloon yet

EV Central

Efficiency and luxury limos aren’t usually bedfellows but Bentley’s all-new hybrid technology is promising to deliver both in the incoming 2025 Flying Spur. There will be a large measure of ‘epic power’ thrown into the mix too. That means it will come with a mighty electrified twin-turbo 4.0-litre