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Bentley Torcal Costs $218,000 and Charges Like a Porsche Cayenne
Bentley Torcal starts at $218,000 with up to 876 hp. Its 400 kW, 16-minute charging claim matches the Porsche Cayenne Electric's.
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Bentley Names Its First EV Torcal, Borrowing From Torque Eight Months After Its CEO Said Everyone Has It
Bentley will call its first electric car the Torcal, the company announced from Crewe on July 6, 2026, ahead of a full reveal set for London on September 23. The name draws on El Torcal de Antequera, a limestone formation in Andalusia, Spain, and on the Latin torquere, to twist, the root of the modern…
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Bentley CEO Admits EV Acceptance At “All-Time Low,” Unveils $515,000 Petrol Supersports Instead
Bentley CEO Frank-Steffen Walliser has publicly acknowledged that electric vehicle acceptance has hit an “all-time low” while announcing the luxury automaker’s next new model will be a petrol-powered Supersports performance car—not the EV the company promised just three years ago. The admission comes in a rare interview with The Sunday Times published November 8, marking…
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Bentley Delays All-Electric Transition, Unveils Plans for First EV SUV
Luxury automaker Bentley Motors has pushed back its timeline for going fully electric, announcing it will continue producing gas-powered vehicles until 2035 – five years later than originally planned. The British manufacturer also revealed its first electric vehicle will be an “urban SUV” coming in 2026, according to information shared by the company on Thursday,…
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