The prices of the Continental GT Speed hybrid are reviewed

The Bentley Continental GT Speed Hybrid 2025: A Heavy-Light, High-Performance Plug-in Hybride with a High-Speed Top Speed

To say that high-net-worth people with multi-car GARAGE are not especially fond of high-end EV’s isn’t accurate. The BEV will be the one that finally moves the needle.

There is more to the new car than meets the eye. It really does have a magnificent and carefully engineered bandwidth. The hybrid takes on more significance than was originally predicted as Bentley prepares an all-electric car. The Plug-in hybrid was seen as a transitional vehicle but is playing a bigger role because of changing consumer habits.

It combines a twin V8 and electric motor that outputs more than 600 bhp. The system output is 771 pence, 738 ft of Torque, and enough wallop to deliver a top speed of 208 mph, with a time of 3.1 seconds. These are heady numbers for a car that was always heavy, but now weighs an athletic human under 2.5 tonnes. Sheesh.

It was actually 1952’s R-Type Continental that provided the design inspiration, and this fourth-generation car maintains the strident grille, elongated bonnet, and the flamboyant sweep of the rear fenders. A strong sense of opulence is underpinned by a steely commitment to high performance.

The proportions remain intact, but some of the details have been changed. The headlights now have a weird horizontalbrow, crystal cut diamond effect on the top, and matrix lamps that have 120 separateLED elements. It is not a mean feat to have crystal and diamond in one set of headlights.

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The Grand Tour: Formula E, Mission, and What is Next for it? — Jeffrey D. Dodds at WIRED x Octopus

Somehow the idea of the grand tour prevails. It was a two-letter abbreviation attached to the rump of an elegant car in the 17th and 18th century, but we know it better because of it. The name is synonymous with a lavish and borderline hedonistic attitude to life, even though the name was dismissed as fast lorries by heir to the throne.

What hasn’t changed is the sport’s desire to showcase sustainability and make the case for adopting EVs. Dodds was going to speak at the WIRED x Octopus Energy Tech Summit in Berlin on October 10, but he talked to WIRED about Formula E, its mission, and what is next for it.

But a lot can happen in 10 seasons. Today the cars are faster, lighter, and more powerful, hitting top speeds of 200 mph and doing 0 to 60 in under 2 seconds. They can finish a race on a single charge. Good racing, and fans coming back is what they offer. Formula E has come a long way from ten years ago, when there wasn’t a single fan.

Jeff Dodds: The internal combustion engine is 130 years old, whereas EV technology has only really been produced at market level for probably the last 15 years. Over the next 10 years, the cars are going to get faster and more efficient.

It’s really the battery technology I get most excited about. Today, we have these lithium-ion accumulator batteries, but there’s no question in the coming years the battery technology will probably shift to solid-state batteries, which means we’re able to generate similar power in a much smaller battery unit. And that will create less weight in the car, which is a fundamental shift in how a racing car behaves and develops. So we’re going to see much quicker, much more powerful, much lighter cars.

In terms of comparables with Formula One, our Gen 3 Evo car—the car that will race next season, season 11—will already be faster-accelerating. A current car in Formula One will take 2.6 seconds to get to 60 miles an hour, while we will reach it in about 1.8 seconds.

We can not perform in other areas unless we are constrained by the series parameters. We mostly race in urban environments. In cities, you can’t build a 5-mile, 50-meter-wide circuit and race like Formula One. We have to have cars that can perform in a street-circuit environment.