{"id":780406,"date":"2026-09-23T22:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780406\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T22:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:38:09","slug":"bentleys-first-electric-car-the-torcal-to-be-built-in-crewe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780406\/","title":{"rendered":"Bentley’s first electric car, the Torcal, to be built in Crewe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bentley has unveiled its first fully electric car after investing \u00a3350m to upgrade its factory in Cheshire.<\/p>\n

The Torcal SUV will be built on a brand-new production line at the site, which has been the luxury carmaker’s headquarters since 1946.<\/p>\n

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the investment would “support 4,000 high-value local jobs in Crewe”. <\/p>\n

The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade said the Torcal would strengthen automotive supply chains, as Bentley is supplied by more than 700 businesses including 82 within a 50-mile radius of its base. <\/p>\n

The announcement comes as the UK motor industry is facing strong headwinds, with JLR recently announcing large-scale job cuts<\/a> and manufacturers looking for new avenues to grow their businesses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite announcements of new electric models to future-proof the industry, there have been calls to slow the switch to a fully EV future<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bentley said the Torcal’s 113kWh battery gave it a range of up to 375 miles (600km), adding that it could charge from 10% to 80% in less than 20 minutes using a 400kW charger. <\/p>\n

The company said the Torcal S model would also be its most powerful car yet with a top speed of 162mph, and the fastest-accelerating from standstill, reaching 60mph in 2.8 seconds. <\/p>\n

The standard Torcal model can travel at up to 155mph and takes 3.3 seconds to accelerate to 60mph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bentley has unveiled its first fully electric car after investing \u00a3350m to upgrade its factory in Cheshire. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-780406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}