Bentley has decided to rethink the all-electric roadmap it announced in 2020 and has scrapped its plan to go all-electric by 2030.
According to the CEO, the change stems from market conditions, including declining demand for luxury EVs and shifting regulations in the automaker’s key jurisdictions.
The refreshed Beyond100+ Strategy will now see the car company target a full electric portfolio by 2035. The portfolio will keep plug-in hybrids on sale alongside EVs, including the newly launched Torcal, and shift output towards whatever powertrain customers are ordering.
The Torcal, with its 113-kWh battery and 800-volt architecture, should be the cornerstone of Bentley’s electric line-up for years to come. With a 600-km range and the ability to charge from 10% to 80% in 16 minutes, the Torcal and Torcal S both look to be high-performance luxury SUV’s that pack a punch.
The Torcal S is capable of 0-60 mph in as little as 2.8 seconds. The vehicle is a 2028 model and will go on sale next year in the United States and Europe.
In terms of what is coming down the line after the Torcal, Bentley has not said. However, many in the industry believe that Bentley will use a version of the Volkswagen Group’s SSP architecture rather than the Torcal’s Bentley-exclusive one. The SSP will allow eight different variants to be built on it, making it an ideal architecture for the automaker to build out a full line-up of vehicles for their key markets.
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