Bentley will produce pure trams in 2025
Bentley will start producing its first pure electric vehicle in 2025 as part of the company's £2.5 billion sustainable investment plan over the next 10 years, according to foreign media reports.
Bentley will produce the pure electric car at its factory in Crewe, England, but Bentley did not disclose specific information about the electric car.
Bentley plans to switch all models to electric vehicles by 2030.
Part of the investment will be used to build a new assembly area called bentley Dream Factory within the Crewe plant. Bentley described it in a statement as an "industry-leading green production facility" with minimal environmental impact.
Bentley's all-electric car will be equipped with advanced autonomous driving capabilities, which are currently being developed by Audi. The model's body-in-white will be built with Audi vehicles at the Volkswagen plant in Hanover, Germany, before being shipped to Crewe.
In 2021, Bentley sales hit a new record due to high consumer demand for Bentayga SUVs, with global sales surging 31 percent to 14,659 units. One-fifth of Bentayga's total sales are plug-in hybrid versions.
Editor's comments: After Rolls-Royce, Bentley is finally going to join the pure electric gift package. I'm looking forward to what difference these top-notch brands can create on electrification platforms.
GM invested $7 billion in electrification
GM announced the largest single investment announcement in history, investing $7 billion, much of it in electric vehicle production, including the transformation of a new battery plant and several OEMs.
The plants will produce the upcoming electric pickup Chevrolet Silverado EV and its sibling model, the Sierra, of the GMC brand.
Rival Ford Motor is also building two electric vehicle production bases at the same time, both of which are currently using electric pickup trucks as a fulcrum to launch an electric charge.
GM said the new plant will ramp up production capacity of full-size electric trucks to 600,000 units a year. By 2025, it will have the capacity to produce 1 million electric vehicles.
GM and South Korea's LG plan to invest in a third battery plant, which is about $2.6 billion. The new plant is fully operational by the end of 2024 with an annual installed capacity of 50 gigawatt hours, combined with the capacity of the first two battery plants, to power about 1 million electric vehicles by 2024.
GM has committed to investing $35 billion in electric and autonomous vehicle development by 2025, launching 30 electric vehicles worldwide and having more than 1 million electric vehicles in North America.
By 2030, GM aims to convert half of its north American new vehicle capacity into electric vehicles.
Editor's comments: GM has made a big investment, and its determination to electrify can be seen. Traditional car companies have eased up, so can Tesla's sales miracle continue?
Land Rover announces 5th Generation Range Rover PHEV
Land Rover has just officially announced the technical parameters of the new 5th generation Range Rover PHEV plug-in hybrid version, which can travel 70 miles (113 kilometers) with pure electricity.
The new Range Rover is the first model based on Land Rover's new MLA-Flex platform, offering plug-in hybrid and 7-seater models for the first time.
It is reported that the range Rover PHEV's plug-in hybrid system consists of a 38kWh lithium-ion battery pack, a 105kW electric motor and a 3.0-liter turbocharged inline six-cylinder engine.
The P440e offers 440 hp (324 kW) and 620 Nm, while the P510e offers 510 hp (375 kW) and 700 Nm. The P510e can accelerate from 0-96 km/h in 5.3 seconds.
Both the P510e and P440e are available in SE, HSE and Autobiography gear models, with the P440e available in long or short wheelbase formats, while the P510e is only available in short wheelbase versions.
The Range Rover PHEV has a 50kW DC fast charging capability that can charge from 0 to up to 80% in less than an hour.
Editor's note: Land Rover has also begun to embrace electrification. The significance of the PHEV for this class of car is more about providing more torque. The pure electric version of the Range Rover should also be on the road, I don't know if the strong twisting characteristics of the motor can make Land Rover play a new trick in off-road performance.
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