Bentley on Wednesday crammed in a few of the particulars on the way it plans to grow to be strictly an EV model by the top of the last decade.

The automaker in 2020 stated it deliberate to launch its first EV in 2025 and would promote solely EVs by the point 2030 rolled round, the date by which Bentley’s house market of the U.Okay. is seeking to ban the sale of vehicles powered by purely by an internal-combustion engine.

Now Bentley has confirmed it can launch 5 EVs in 5 years beginning with that first EV in late 2025. The 4 subsequent EVs will then be launched on an annual foundation, and every will likely be utterly new. Bentley calls the transfer to electrical propulsion the largest transformation within the firm’s historical past.

It is a part of an funding price 2.5 billion British kilos (roughly $3.37 billion) that may also see Bentley’s plant in Crewe, U.Okay., upgraded to deal with manufacturing of EVs, whereas additionally incorporating digital and versatile manufacturing applied sciences.

The upgrades may also assist the plant grow to be much more environmentally pleasant. In line with Bentley, the plant is already carbon-neutral thanks partly to intensive photo voltaic arrays lining the roof. These photo voltaic arrays will likely be expanded, whereas different environmental features like water and waste administration will likely be addressed. Bentley will even take a look at utilizing sustainable biofuel in its fleet vehicles, together with the heritage fleet.

Bentley additionally plans to work with its suppliers and seller community in an try to cut back emissions. The automaker has set itself a aim to be carbon-neutral throughout its complete operations by 2030.

As for what the EV mannequin will likely be, Bentley stated the present vehicles will run out their life cycles then swap to EV variations. Due to this fact, the brand new lineup will embody EV variations of the Bentayga SUV, Flying Spur sedan, Continental GT coupe, and Continental GT convertible, plus, maybe, one different car. The automobiles will likely be developed within the U.Okay. and constructed on the Crewe plant. The primary EV is anticipated to be linked to Audi’s Artemis challenge which is a analysis challenge for the subsequent A8. Bentley is a part of the Audi model group, and the brand new car is anticipated to be glossy, aerodynamically formed crossover mixing components of a sedan and SUV. Bentley CEO Adrian Hallmark beforehand described it as being one thing just like the Jaguar I-Tempo however greater and bolder.

Earlier than the primary EV arrives, Bentley will proceed so as to add plug-in hybrid know-how to its present lineup. The Bentayga and Flying Spur are already accessible with a plug, and by 2026 each Bentley offered will both be a plug-in hybrid or an EV.

—Senior Editor Kirk Bell contributed to this report.