Bentley imayika moyo wa alumali pa injini yake yodziwika bwino ya W12, koma ndi chiyani chomwe chikuyembekezera galimoto yake yoyamba yamagetsi?

Bentley Continental GT yamakono ikhoza kukhala yomaliza yokhala ndi injini ya 12-cylinder.

Bentley Motors ikukhulupirira kuti injini yake ya W12 yomwe yakhala ikugwira ntchito kwa nthawi yayitali idzatha kupanga pofika chaka cha 2026, nthawi yomweyo mtunduwo ukukonzekera kukhazikitsa galimoto yake yoyamba yamagetsi yamagetsi (BEV).

Polankhula ndi atolankhani aku Australia pakuvumbulutsa kwa Bentayga yatsopano, Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Bentley Motors Adrian Hallmark adati injini ya 12-cylinder yakhala yofunika kwambiri pakukula kwa mtunduwo, koma ndi nthawi yoti musiye mphamvu yamagetsi pambuyo polimbitsa malamulo otulutsa mpweya.

"Ndidalowa nawo kampaniyi mu 1999 kwa nthawi yoyamba ndipo panthawiyo tidapanga njira ya Bentley, Continental GT ndiyo idayambitsa kukula, ndikutsatiridwa ndi Flying Spur, kenako yosinthika ndipo tidatenga kampaniyo. kuchokera ku 800 mpaka 10,000 zogulitsa m'zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi," adatero.

"Ndipo tidatengeranso njira iyi paukadaulo wa injini ya 12-cylinder.

"Kuyambira pamenepo, injini ya 12-cylinder yakhala msana wa mbiri ya Bentley, koma palibe kukayika kuti m'zaka zisanu injiniyi sidzakhalapo."

Injini ya W12 yakhala ikupanga kuyambira 2001 ndipo imapezeka pansi pa Continental GT, Flying Spur ndi Bentayga.

Bentley W6.0 injini ndi kusamutsidwa malita 12 ndi turbocharger awiri akufotokozera linanena bungwe la 522 kW/1017 Nm.

Komabe, a Hallmark adati injini ya W12 idzayimitsidwa, ndikulozera kuti pangakhale magalimoto angapo apadera omwe ali ndi injiniyo kuti akope osonkhanitsa pamene chizindikirocho chikupita ku cholinga chake chokhazikitsa magetsi athunthu pofika 2030.

"Poyang'anizana ndi izi, komanso chidziwitso chochulukirachulukira cha momwe nyengo ikukhudzidwa ndi matekinoloje omwe tikudziwa tsopano kuti alipo, makamaka ndi momwe makasitomala amachitira zomwe timapeza kudzera mu kafukufuku wathu ... ," adatero.

"Timakhulupirira kuti titha kupanga Bentley kuti ikhale yowoneka bwino komanso yowoneka bwino komanso yosalowerera ndale - kapena zabwino - ndipo tikuganiza kuti izi zimapereka cholinga chapamwamba, zimapangitsa mtundu ndi gawo kukhala lokongola kwa m'badwo watsopano wamakasitomala, koma chonde musadandaule, kwa zaka zisanu ndi zinayi zikubwerazi. zaka tidzachita chikondwerero chapamwamba kwambiri zonse zomwe timachita ndi injini za silinda eyiti, hybrid ndi 12-cylinder, ndipo tidzapanga ma Bentleys abwino kwambiri omwe tidapangapo, ndipo tidzatumiza nthawi ya teknoloji ya injini zoyaka moto pamodzi ndi zozimitsa moto. .”

Mtundu wapamwamba kwambiri udzatulutsanso galimoto yake yoyamba yamagetsi panthawi yomwe injini ya W12 idzazimitsidwa, kutanthauza kuti ntchito yatsopano ya Bentley idzayendetsedwa ndi magetsi.

Bentley sananenebe kuti BEV yake itenga mtundu wanji, kaya ndi dzina lomwe lilipo kapena china chatsopano, koma zikuwonekeratu kuti mapangidwe apano a Continental, Flying Spur ndi Bentayga sangathe kupereka magetsi athunthu.

Chifukwa chake, Bentley atembenukira ku kampani ya makolo ya Volkswagen Gulu pamapangidwe agalimoto yake yamagetsi.

Ngakhale Bentley angagwiritse ntchito nsanja ya J1 yomwe imathandizira Porsche Taycan ndi Audi e-tron GT, ndizotheka kugwiritsa ntchito Premium Electric Platform (PPE), yomwe ikukonzekera kugwiritsidwa ntchito pazithunzi za Audi Q6 ndi A6 e-tron. ndipo adapangidwira mwapadera magalimoto akuluakulu apamwamba.

Pambuyo poyambitsa galimoto yoyamba yamagetsi ya Bentley, idzakhala ikuyendetsa magetsi opanda mpweya kwa zaka zonse zomwe zikubwera, koma a Hallmark adanena kuti kusintha kwa magetsi sikungapweteke maziko a mtunduwo.

"Mu 2025, tidzakhazikitsa galimoto yathu yoyamba yamagetsi yamagetsi," adatero. "Zidzakhala koyambirira kwa 26 musanaziwone zikufalikira padziko lonse lapansi m'misewu, koma kuyambira 26 mpaka 29 tikuyenda kuchokera ku ICE kupita kumagetsi pamapepala aliwonse pazaka zitatu mpaka zinayi. .

"Mukayang'ana magetsi ndikuyang'ana Bentley, tikuganiza kuti amagwirizana kwathunthu.

"Makasitomala athu amakonda phokoso, phokoso ndi kumverera - nthawi zina pazochitika zoyendetsa galimoto - koma zomwe anthu amalankhula kwenikweni ndi kumverera kwa mphamvu, kulamulira ndi kupita patsogolo kosavuta komwe kumawapangitsa kumva bwino.

"Chotero, ndi torque iyi ndi mphamvu yanthawi yomweyo yomwe imapangitsa Bentley kukhala ndi chidziwitso choyendetsa galimoto ya Bentley, ndipo imagwirizana bwino ndi magetsi."