Bentley reveals electric plans and exclusive Bacalar

Bentley’s factory in Crewe, England is set to produce the brand’s first EV. Photos: Bentley

The first electric vehicle for Bentley will likely be produced in the United Kingdom in 2025.

It’s expected the vehicle will be a high riding vehicle, under Project Artemis, which aims to unite the best of VW Group’s architecture and technology into a leading electric vehicle platform. 

The electric vehicle platform for Bentley is expected to be built in Germany then sent to the UK for completion.

It is also rumoured that Bentley and Audi will synergise much closer in the future.

Adrian Hallmark, CEO of Bentley, has said that Bentley is holding back on being early to the market with a fully electric vehicle deliberately so that battery efficiency and weight management of electric vehicles improves from where it is today.

The Bentley Bacalar Car Zero is currently undergoing testing.

In the meantime, the first member of the Bentley Mulliner Coachbuilt portfolio – the Bacalar – has started its final test, development and durability work ahead of the build of 12 pre-sold customer cars due to start build next year.

Bacalar Car Zero, a purpose-built engineering prototype and the first barchetta-style Bentley of the modern era, is already accumulating mileage and passing crucial quality tests at a variety of locations around Europe.

The on-car validation programmes have been condensed into an extremely busy schedule covering 20 weeks.