Bentley To Be Fourth VW Group Brand To Offer Electric Car

If an electric Audi is good, then an electric Audi plus an electric Volkswagen plus an electric Porsche plus an electric Bentley must be better, yes?

At least, that would seem to be the thinking at VW Group, which over the last six months has announced plans for the first three brands to launch all-electric cars in 2018 or later.

Now comes a report that the group's luxury brand Bentley will join the crowd.

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According to an article on the Australian site Drive.com, "A fully-electric Bentley will become part of the company's future product range."

The word that Bentley was "studying" such a car came from Bentley's board member in charge of engineering, Rolf Frech, at a Palm Springs launch event for its massive new Bentayga SUV.

It remains unclear whether an electric Bentley would be a sporty coupe--along the lines of its foundational Continental GT, but perhaps even a two-seater--or a sleeker four-door sedan that would line up more closely against today's Tesla Model S.

Still, the course seems set: "Of course electric will be a future strategy direction for Bentley," Frech told the site in an interview.

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An electric Bentley would likely share much of the underpinnings of Porsche's upcoming all-electric performance sedan, previewed last fall by the Mission E concept shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show.