Bentley is preparing a new assembly line for the electric Torcal at the factory in Crewe, England. The line is being installed in a building constructed in 1938, and the manufacturer says the work is nearing completion.
An old building for the first electric Bentley
The space was originally used as a machining workshop and later housed research and development. Bentley emptied it and installed a precisely levelled floor, required for the automated guided vehicles that will move cars between work stations.
Torcal will be the fourth model in the Bentley range and the first fully electric car produced by the brand. The company has previously said the model will be designed, developed and built by hand at the Crewe headquarters.
Investment at the Crewe factory
The new line is part of the transformation of the Bentley factory into a digital and flexible production unit that the company calls the “Dream Factory”. The programme also includes a design centre, a centre for quality checks and model launches, and a new paint shop.
Bentley has more than 4,000 employees at Crewe. The factory is being prepared to assemble the current plug-in hybrid models and the new electric Torcal in the same place, while keeping the hand-finishing operations in parallel.
What is known about Torcal
Bentley describes Torcal as a luxury urban SUV with an estimated length of less than five metres. The manufacturer has not yet published the full technical specification, including power, battery capacity, range or price.
The model is scheduled to be presented in 2026, but the date deliveries will start and the exact moment series production will begin have not been given on the official page consulted. Until then, the line in building A1 remains in the preparation stage for the new electric model.
