Oyogist has learned that Popular automobile manufacturers, Bentley has unveiled plans to invest over £2.4billion in order to fulfil its ‘green dream’ of building fully electric luxury performance cars in Britain and preserving 4,000 jobs.
The first fully electric Bentley will roll off the production line within three years, and within eight years every new car will be fully electric.
The cars would be Manufactured at the Crewe plant in North West England which would be transformed into a ‘Dream Factory’.
Bentley, which is now part of Germany’s giant Volkswagen Group, is under the umbrella of electric-power leaders, Audi.
Bentley said in a statement: ‘The first Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) is scheduled to roll off the production line in 2025 and will mark a significant moment in Bentley’s long and illustrious history.
The ‘Bentley Dream Factory’ will elevate the site into ‘a world-leading, next generation digital, low environmental impact, high-value advanced manufacturing facility’ that combines craftsmanship and digital manufacturing techniques”, it said further.
