LONDON -- Bentley's first full-electric vehicle will offer up to 1400 hp and will be capable of accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in about 1.5 seconds, CEO Adrian Hallmark has said.
But acceleration will not be the main selling point of the model, Hallmark said.
"For us it would not be the brutality of acceleration that can define us," he said in an interview with Automotive News Europe.
The main attribute of the new EV will rather be the car's "effortless overtaking performance from a huge amount of torque on demand," Hallmark said. "Most people enjoy the 30-70 mph acceleration, or in Germany, 30-150 mph," he said.