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Luxury carmaker Bentley has unveiled plans to go fully electric by 2030. Before then, the brand will be switching its model range to offer only plug-in hybrid or battery electric cars by 2026.
Volkswagen-owned Bentley also aims to be completely carbon neutral across its manufacturing within a decade.
Electric cars are growing in popularity and sales have tripled in the UK so far this year.
"Within a decade, Bentley will transform from a 100-year-old luxury car company to a new, sustainable, wholly ethical role model for luxury," said Adrian Hallmark, Bentley's chief executive.
Workers on internal combustion technology will be redeployed as it shifts to pure battery electric cars.
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Keep out of the sunlight.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2020, @01:19AM
... and convert it to run on clean coal. Goodbye, moron.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2020, @01:49AM (1 child)
Bentley, does it come with an all electronic chauffeur? Or a hybrid organic/electro-mechanical driver? Is there a Uber driver option?
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2020, @01:57AM
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WMhYl74vw2c/hqdefault.jpg [ytimg.com]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by SomeGuy on Saturday November 07 2020, @02:18AM (6 children)
All of this pushing for all electric vehicles seem overly optimistic. Electric vehicles, where practical, are fine.
Reducing dependency on gasoline is great. But creating a complete dependency on Chinese batteries? Do we really want that?
I don't see electric vehicles as being practical in all situations. I know they have gotten the recharge time down quite a bit, but it is still not as fast as filling up a tank of gas. Where I live anyway, everyone parks outside in a large set of parking lots, and I've never noticed anyone electrically charging a vehicle at home.
Even though electricity still has to come from somewhere, it is great to have a goal to reduce exhaust emissions within cities. But I get tired of idiots wanting everything 100% electric. Of course, in this case, just some luxury car caters to those kinds of idiots anyway.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2020, @04:05AM (2 children)
> just some luxury car caters to those kinds of idiots anyway.
Pretty high odds that anyone that can afford a Bentley already has a house and garage where they can charge at home. Or it they live in a NY penthouse, the building will install a charger in the basement car park for a nominal(!!) charge.
It's electric cars for *everyone* where I see a big problem, you hit it with:
> ... everyone parks outside in a large set of parking lots ...
Those kinds of apartment complexes aren't going to be in a hurry to add power wiring to their parking spaces.
(Score: 2) by Username on Saturday November 07 2020, @01:15PM (1 child)
Yeah, only way electric cars become "green" is when it's mass used. Even then it's not truly green. Since it just offset the pollution from your immediate area to the powerplant. Places like CA it could never happen either. Considering the current blackouts they get. Imagine the millions of gas vehicles going electric and then charging at the same time. Plants would turn on their gas burners to provide the power. Electric prices would go up. Not even sure where they will get all the copper to install all the new transmission lines. How would the apartment complexes charge for powering vehicles? Add it to everyone's rent? Then you would have problems with random people coming to the complex, unplugging occupant's cars to plug theirs in. Plug locks maybe?
Only real benefit to an electric car right now is that it can accelerate really fast. It's a toy. Not sure how it will become the socialist people's car like the leftist want.
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2020, @04:50PM
Wow, making electric cars a political issue while getting the science wrong? Must be Repugnican ;)
(Score: -1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday November 07 2020, @04:32AM
I see more of a matter as having backdoors to conduct assassinations rather than matters of "Chinese batteries" and "MUH SMOG." Remember, if any government can commandeer your vehicle, then you don't have to be a target yourself -- just being close to a target by circumstance will get your car used as a kill vehicle, and either way, the Chinks and Jews will cover up your death as they did the death of Michael Hastings.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2020, @06:59AM
And I get tired of someguy getting tired of everybody wanting everything electric. Is this about your primal male need to "roll coal" to exhibit dominance? Have you tried thumping your chest, and exposing your buttocks? Works well with the lower higher primate females, I am told.
(Score: 2) by arslan on Monday November 09 2020, @06:03AM
Why does every critic of EVs try to apply non-EV practices to it? With gas, its a special substance where you need dedicated stations. Electricity is everywhere where we have powered infrastructure, why go to a gas station to refill when you're low? Why can't we extend our infrastructure to allow folks to charge anytime anywhere?
Also if you really need to "refuel" when you're low, why does it have to be a charge up as oppose to a battery swap from a swap kiosk? If the industry standardize on form factor and build battery swap capabilities into their vehicle, we can develop automated kiosk to swap batteries. Batteries can be a rental commodity and spawn a new industry.
EVs definitely still have limits based on the current infra maturity, but there's a lot of limitations being cited that are solely due to a lack of imagination or clinging to an operational model for a different paradigm
(Score: 3, Funny) by Subsentient on Saturday November 07 2020, @04:08AM (1 child)
I read that as "Bentley Plans To Go Fully Erect by 2030".
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti
(Score: 2) by r1348 on Saturday November 07 2020, @06:36AM
Considering how they're only owned by old geezers, that might not be fully inaccurate (assuming they make it to 2030, that is).
(Score: 2) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Saturday November 07 2020, @06:29AM (2 children)
Now what will they do about the 35 cows whose hides are needed to line the seats? The rare overexploited African trees needed to create the precious wood trim?
Virtue signalling would be more convincing if they went all the way.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2020, @03:08PM
The cow hides are going to be produced regardless. Affordable vat grown meat is still a long ways off, and cows are actually a valuable tool for environmental restoration, as we don't have many large herbivores left to fill those niches.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2020, @04:53PM
Virtue signaling?
The fuck is wrong with you? Conservatives, truly triggered manlets.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Rich on Saturday November 07 2020, @09:48AM
I think it is strange that the top luxury car manufacturers are that slow to switch to electric. It was always their declared goal to keep the car occupants free from any disturbing engine effects. Kind'a even in sports cars, as this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU7nto1GsS8 [youtube.com] shows (- but what it also shows, with its under 50 views over 6 years, is that apparently hardly anyone but me remembers). That coin trick would be trivial to achieve with an electric drivetrain, let alone the electric wouldn't have to bother with all the exhaust insulation needed for the luxury cars.
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Saturday November 07 2020, @12:09PM
I'm never buying a Bentley now!
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2020, @12:13PM
i like luxury. luxury is good and luxury where no one needs to go hungry in the world and gets free universal health care and a decent dwelling with clean water and electricty is the most awesome luxury ^_^
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 08 2020, @08:00PM
Yeah well, I doubt that I would ever buy the new electric version.
The thing is that with these type of cars the sound it produces is a part of the pleasure it gives to you to drive one. The first time I started Bentley Continental GT in a carage I got hooked directly, there is just no comparison.