The Bentley Bentayga Hybrid, the British ultraluxury model’s first and solely electrified automobile, has been freshened for 2021, following updates of the standard Bentayga and Bentayga Speed.
Bentley mentioned the freshened Bentayga Hybrid is one in every of two plug-in hybrid fashions it’s going to launch in 2021 because it prepares for an electrified future.
In November, Bentley mentioned it would be dropping internal combustion engines from its lineup by 2030 and change all the lineup to full-electric automobiles.
Its first full-electric automobile is about for a 2025 launch. By 2026, Bentley will provide solely plug-in hybrids or EVs.
The newest Bentayga Hybrid is powered by a 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-6 engine paired with an electrical motor for a complete of 443 hp and 516 pound-feet (700 newton meters) of torque. The hybrid system has a 17.3-kilowatt-hour lithium battery.
The Bentayga Hybrid has an electric-only vary of 31 miles (50 km) on the NEDC take a look at cycle.
Bentley launched the Bentayga Hybrid in late 2019.
Bentley, pointing to internal research, mentioned that greater than 90 p.c of Bentayga Hybrid clients drive the automobile each day or a number of occasions every week.
Bentley famous that just about 100% of Bentayga Hybrid clients use electric-only mode, with half of shoppers “persistently endeavor journeys of lower than 30 miles.”
Outdoors of a hybrid exterior badge, the refreshed Bentayga Hybrid, as with the pre-face-lifted mannequin, seems to be similar to the gas-powered Bentayga.
Bentley additionally predicted that the hybrid will turn out to be the best-selling Bentayga variant, which additionally consists of the V-8 model and W-12 powered Pace mannequin.