Bentley's CEO says luxury buyers still want gas engines, and as a result the automaker will slow down its EV rollout.
this decade on the road to becoming a pure EV brand as soon as 2030. However, the slowdown in EV growth this year has the automaker rethinking those plans.said buyers in luxury segments still want gas engines, whether that's as a standalone powertrain or paired with a plug-in hybrid system.
"What we see in the luxury market right now people reject electric cars," Walliser, who only took over the reins at Bentley on July 1, told Car and Driver."They consider luxury cars only with the combustion engine."and will only aspire to becoming a full EV brand by the mid-2030s, Walliser said, as opposed to setting the goal as a hard target., a vehicle Walliser reaffirmed would be in a new segment.
Instead of replacing its current lineup with EVs, as the automaker had originally planned, Bentley will now introduce plug-in hybrid technology across the range, which it is in the process of doing with its Walliser in his interview with Car and Driver said there may still be a place for models powered purely by a gas engine, for example in low-volume special editions or if carbon-neutral e-fuels become widespread.
While Bentley is toning down its EV plans, archrival Rolls-Royce is expected to press ahead with the launch of an
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