While this is Bentley's first electric vehicle, the carmaker thought the best route would be to stick to its heritage and DNA. It created a car that was recognizable as a Bentley, but in a modern, progressive way.
As demand for electric vehicles has been less than expected, Bentley's launch of the Torcal is an effort to tentatively enter the market and test the waters. It abandoned plans to release a new electric vehicle every year and is sticking with this model for the time being.
Bentley's announcement caps off an excellent week for Britain's automotive industry. With the firm investing £350 million in its plant in Crewe, it follows similar announcements from McLaren and Nissan that take investments in the sector to over £1 billion. It shows that businesses have confidence in the prime minister's mission of reindustrialization.
There's a 50% chance that electric cars will constitute over 5% of the U.S. passenger car fleet by November 2028, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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