Nick Gibbs

The first full-electric vehicle will be introduced in late 2025 and will create a fifth product line, Bentley CEO Adrian Hallmark said.

The EV is a critical step in Bentley's plan to switch its entire model range to full-electric vehicles by 2030. 

The automaker has approached a possible successor, UK motoring magazine Autocar said.

While automaker is joining other automakers in embracing EVs, it is reluctant to abandon the sale of combustion-engine vehicles completely.

Lexus cars will "express the evolution of the automobile brought about by electrification," the brand's president Koji Sato said.

Level 3 tech will be rolled out across the automaker's full portfolio, Joachim Langenwalter, head of artificial intelligence, software and hardware said.

The i7 will be a rival to the Mercedes EQS and Tesla Model S when it launches next year.

The RZ will have an all-wheel-drive system that can switch between front, rear wheel drive or all-wheel-drive to improve cornering and road holding.

The Chinese automaker currently sells cars in Norway and will expand sales to other European markets next year.

Europe's top-selling pickup gets a more powerful turbodiesel engine and new interior tech, as well as a longer wheelbase and a wider track to improve load capacity.

Nick Rogers has led engineering and research for the last six years at JLR following a 37-year career.

The 3.0-liter AMG-supplied powerplant faces a lower tax rate in China than the current twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8.

Roelant de Waard, who led Ford's passenger vehicle operations in Europe, started at the automaker in 1990 in his native Netherlands. His replacement has not yet been named.

"Premium-ness is not a question of size," Alfa Romeo CEO Jean-Phillipe Imparato said, adding that to become profitable the struggling Italian brand "must be in the biggest segments in the world."

Toyota aims to attract younger buyers with the crossover-styled minicar that offers a host of high-end features including adaptive cruise control, emergency steering assist, wireless mobile phone charging and even a retractable canvas roof.