Bentley yana saita rayuwar shiryayye don ingin W12 mai kyan gani, amma menene ke ajiye don motar lantarki ta farko?

Bentley Continental GT na yanzu zai iya zama na ƙarshe tare da injin silinda 12.

Bentley Motors ya yi imanin injinsa na W12 mai tsayi zai kawo ƙarshen samarwa ta 2026, a daidai lokacin da alamar ke shirin ƙaddamar da motar batir ta farko (BEV).

Da yake magana da manema labarai a Ostiraliya a wajen kaddamar da sabon kamfanin na Bentayga, shugaban kamfanin na Bentley Motors Adrian Hallmark, ya ce injin din mai silinda 12 ya kasance mai matukar muhimmanci ga ci gaban tallar, amma lokaci ya yi da za a kawar da wutar lantarki bayan tsaurara ka'idojin fitar da hayaki.

“Na shiga kamfanin a shekarar 1999 a rayuwata ta farko kuma a lokacin ne muka kirkiro dabarun Bentley, Continental GT ita ce ta haifar da wannan ci gaban, sai Flying Spur, sannan mai canzawa, kuma muka karbi kamfanin. daga 800 zuwa 10,000 tallace-tallace a cikin shekaru shida, "in ji shi.

“Kuma mun kafa wannan dabarar akan fasahar injin silinda 12.

"Tun daga lokacin, injin 12-Silinda ya kasance kashin bayan tarihin Bentley, amma ko shakka babu nan da shekaru biyar wannan injin ba zai wanzu ba."

Injin W12 yana samarwa tun 2001 kuma ana iya samunsa a ƙarƙashin kaho na Continental GT, Flying Spur da Bentayga.

Injin Bentley W6.0 tare da ƙaura na lita 12 da turbochargers guda biyu suna haɓaka fitowar 522 kW/1017 Nm.

Duk da haka, Mista Hallmark ya ce injin W12 zai daina aiki, yana mai nuni da cewa akwai yuwuwar samun wasu motoci na musamman da injina don jawo hankalin masu tattarawa yayin da alamar ta ci gaba da cimma burinta na samun cikakken wutar lantarki nan da shekarar 2030.

"Mun fuskanci wannan, kuma tare da karuwar ilimin tasirin yanayi da fasahar da muka sani yanzu suna samuwa, musamman tare da yanayin abokan ciniki da muke tattarawa ta hanyar bincikenmu ... " in ji shi.

"Mun yi imanin cewa za mu iya sa Bentley ta muhalli da gaskiya da gaskiya da tsaka-tsaki - ko tabbatacce - kuma muna tunanin hakan yana ba da ma'ana, yana sa alamar da sashi mai kyau ga sabbin abokan ciniki, amma don Allah kar ku damu, don tara na gaba. shekaru za mu yi bikin a cikin mafi girman digiri duk abin da muke yi tare da silinda takwas, matasan da injunan silinda 12, kuma za mu yi mafi kyawun Bentley da muka taɓa yi, kuma za mu aika da zamanin fasahar injin konewa tare da matsakaicin wasan wuta. .”

Alamar ultra-premium kuma za ta ƙaddamar da motarta ta farko mai amfani da wutar lantarki a daidai lokacin da injin W12 ke rufe, ma'ana sabon ƙirar aikin Bentley zai kasance da wutar lantarki.

Har yanzu Bentley bai fayyace irin nau'in BEV ɗin da za ta ɗauka ba, ko na'urar suna ne ko kuma wani sabon abu gaba ɗaya, amma a bayyane yake cewa gine-ginen na Nahiyar, Flying Spur da Bentayga ba za su iya isar da cikakken wutar lantarki ba.

Saboda haka, da alama Bentley zai juya zuwa ga iyaye kamfanin Volkswagen Group don kera kayan aikin sa na lantarki.

Yayin da Bentley na iya amfani da dandalin J1 da ke ƙarƙashin Porsche Taycan da Audi e-tron GT, yana da wuya a yi amfani da Premium Electric Platform (PPE), wanda aka tsara don amfani da shi a cikin Audi Q6 da A6 e-tron model. kuma an kera ta musamman don manyan motoci na alfarma.

Bayan kaddamar da motar farko ta Bentley mai amfani da wutar lantarki, za ta fara fitar da ingantattun jiragen ruwa marasa hayaki na sauran layinta a cikin shekaru masu zuwa, amma Mr. Hallmark ya ce canjin wutar lantarkin ba zai cutar da tushe na alamar ba.

"A cikin 2025, za mu ƙaddamar da motar batir ɗinmu ta farko," in ji shi. "Zai kasance da wuri a cikin 26 kafin ku gan shi a fadin duniya akan tituna, amma daga 26 zuwa 29 muna tafiya cikin tsari daga ICE zuwa wutar lantarki akan kowane farantin suna a tsawon shekaru uku zuwa hudu. .

"Idan kuka kalli wutar lantarki kuma ku kalli Bentley, muna tsammanin sun dace sosai.

Abokan cinikinmu suna son amo, sauti da jin - wasu lokuta a cikin kwarewar tuki - amma abin da mutane ke magana da gaske shine jin iko, sarrafawa da sauƙin ci gaba wanda ke sa su ji daɗi.

"Don haka, wannan karfin juzu'i ne da ikon nan take ke sa Bentley ya zama kwarewar tuki na Bentley, kuma yana haɗuwa daidai da wutar lantarki."