Bentley To Claim Porsche-Audi Electric Platform For Upcoming EV

While almost all of Volkswagen’s brands are announcing upcoming new EVs left and right, Bentley still hasn’t pulled the trigger.

Now the automaker is considering to jump-start the electrification of its lineup with its own all-electric car based on the upcoming Porsche-Audi electric platform.

With heavy luxury sedans and the Bentayga SUV, Bentley’s fleet has quite an important carbon footprint.

Yet, it has yet to follow other Volkswagen brands, like Porsche and Audi, in the electrification of its lineup.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 11/5/2018 5:16:39 PM

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Bentley knows their customers best. Automotive old world luxury, exclusiveness, heavy and substantial cars, hand craftsmanship, endless power. A sporty drive. The potential for any inconvenience due to a limited range or a need for recharging does not fit with the rest of these attributes. It will come eventually, just not soon. The next round of new brand new models perhaps.

MDarringer - 11/5/2018 10:33:45 PM

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One platform...different bodies...that's the real story here. VW designs Bentleys not Bentley. People who believe Bentley does their own engineering are deluded. Bentley reskinned the Phaeton and used VW-based engines.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 11/6/2018 11:07:29 AM

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Look away. Don't pay attention to the man behind the curtain. Look, over here is a $250k luxury automobile made entirely by old world craftsman.... Ignore that sticker written in German, it is a car destined for a foreign customer...L0L.