Bentley names Torcal as its first fully electric SUV to debut in September

Bentley has named the Torcal as its first fully electric vehicle and set September 23 for its public reveal, putting the brand’s EV strategy on a sharper timetable. The company says the Torcal marks the start of a new era and a fourth model line for Bentley Motors, while more updates are expected in the weeks before the unveiling.

Bentley is pitching the Torcal as more than a battery-powered replacement for an existing model. The company says it is intended to be the world’s first true Luxury Urban SUV, designed, developed and produced in Crewe, England, and positioned to carry Bentley craftsmanship and performance into an electric format. Bentley had already said in November 2025 that the car would launch toward the end of 2026, with deliveries to markets beginning in 2027.

The scale of the vehicle hints at how Bentley wants to separate itself from broader EV competition. Bentley has said the Torcal will be less than five metres long and able to add 0 to 100 miles of range in under seven minutes, a claim aimed at easing one of the biggest barriers to premium electric adoption: charging time. The company’s EXP 15 design vision, shown in July 2025, offered the clearest preview yet, with an upright grille, long bonnet, rearward cabin and an all-electric all-wheel-drive powertrain that pointed to a familiar Bentley silhouette rather than a radical break.

The name itself fits Bentley’s recent habit of drawing on places and landscape references, following Bentayga, Bacalar and Batur. Bentley says Torcal comes from the Latin torquere, meaning to twist, and shares a root with torque, a choice that keeps the branding tied to performance even as propulsion changes. Just as telling is what Bentley is not doing: hybridised models will remain on sale until at least 2035, extending a previous goal of being fully electric by that year and showing how carefully the company is managing the transition. The Torcal now stands as the key test of whether Bentley can make electrification feel exclusive, not corrective.