Bentley has revealed some fairly surprising particulars about its first absolutely electrical automotive that may arrive in 2025. CEO Adrian Hallmark says the Bentley EV will boast as much as 1,400 horsepower (1,044 kilowatts) and can be able to accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in as little as 1.5 seconds.

Regardless of these efficiency specs extra typical of a Bugatti than a Bentley, Hallmark added that 0-60 acceleration is not going to be the primary promoting level of the EV. 

In an interview with Automotive Information, the manager stated the brutality of acceleration is not going to outline the automotive, with the primary attribute of the brand new EV relatively being its “easy overtaking efficiency from an enormous quantity of torque on demand.“

He defined that most individuals benefit from the 30-70 mph acceleration, or in Germany 30-150 mph, in order that’s the place Bentley’s first electrical car will shine.

Again to the 0-60 time of 1.5 seconds, Hallmark stated that prospects will even have the choice of a slower 0-60 acceleration in 2.7 seconds in the event that they discover the quickest setting too uncomfortable.

“If we’re 650 hp now with GT Velocity, we can be double that with the BEV. However from a 0 to 60 mph viewpoint there are diminishing returns. The issue is, it is uncomfortable. After which it simply turns into nauseous.”

Whereas Hallmark didn’t reveal what physique model the brand new EV can be, he stated its design can be up to date from Bentley’s present look with out following an EV development. “What we is not going to do is try to make them appear to be electrical automobiles,” he stated. 

He additionally revealed that one variant of the brand new EV will price greater than €250,000 ($262,250), a worth level that the model exited when it discontinued the Mulsanne in 2020; it will not be a sedan, Hallmark confused. If the 2019 EXP 100 GT Idea is something to go by, Bentley’s first electrical car might undertake the form of an expensive grand tourer.

Bentley’s first EV can be constructed on the Premium Efficiency Electrical platform developed by Audi. In line with Hallmark, Bentley attributes had been “baked in originally,” with the platform giving the model “the battery know-how itself, the drive items, the autonomous functionality, the related automotive functionality, the physique methods and a few improvements in these.“

The primary electrical Bentley will go into manufacturing on the carmaker’s plant in Crewe, England, in 2025.