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Automakers across the industry are seeing delays amidst the recent economic downturn, inflation and supply issues, and one CEO says its first zero-emission vehicles are being pushed back in the delivery schedule.
Bentley CEO Adrian Hallmark says the automaker has pushed its first electric vehicle (EV) back from 2025 to 2026, according to a report from Automotive News.
While prior reports said that software delays were the reason for the delay in the vehicle’s delivery, Hallmark denied these claims.
The EV, which is involved in the Audi Artemis project, is expected to launch on the Scalable Systems Platform (SSP), an EV architecture shared across vehicles within the Artemis program.
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Despite delivery being pushed back to 2026, Hallman says the delay is only a “matter of months,” adding that the EV will still be revealed in 2025 just as planned.
Volkswagen owns both Bentley and Audi, and the parent automaker is working on strict timelines to be able to launch the upcoming EVs on time.
Earlier this month, Audi announced plans to launch 20 new EVs by 2027, following the Audi A6 Avant e-tron EV revealed earlier this year.
Bentley’s first EV is expected to go 0-60 mph in just 1.5 seconds, according to Hallman.
Additionally, Bentley will shift to plugins only by 2026, later moving to all-electric models by 2030.
