It's Official: All Bentleys Are Handorafted!

Crewe, a little town in the centre of England near London, where all the Bentleys are handcrafted and shipped, has more than 36,000 solar panels, which provide a substantial amount of clean energy to the factory. On my recent visit to the factory, I was stunned that despite such a big step already towards sustainability, Bentley is still to launch a bespoke EV.

- RAMESH SOMANI

However, the electrified Bentleys are in the works, and a new factory adjacent to the existing one will churn out luxury Bentleys running on electric power. It’s essential to get the act together and not throw the towel on the electric furnace, which many automobile manufacturers have done. Making the manufacturing process sustainable and running on solar power is the first significant step. Bentley factory and headquarters in Crewe is the UK’s first carbon-neutral car factory. They have also set an ambitious target to be end-to-end carbon-neutral, and all its models will be fully electric by 2030.

With its rising millionaire’s taste for finer things and rising sales charts for Bentley, India has attracted the leadership team’s attention at the HQ. The first ever Mulliner bespoke edition created for the Indian market was recently launched, and the collection includes Continental GT Speed, Flying Spur Speed and Bentayga EWB Azure.