LONDON (Reuters) - British luxury carmaker Bentley said on Thursday it will launch its first electric car in 2026 and said it will keep selling plug-in hybrids until 2035, formally abandoning a previous goal of going fully electric by 2030.

Bentley Motors has announced that its first electric vehicle will be launched by 2026. Meanwhile, the company has also revised the timeline for complete electrification from early 2030s to 2035.

Bentley Motors has set 2026 for the debut of its first fully electric SUV, marking a major milestone in its shift to an all-electric range by 2035 under the "Beyond100+" strategy. Described as the world’s first true luxury urban SUV,

Bentley will unveil its first electric vehicle, an urban SUV, by 2026. This model will be one of the 10 EV and plug-in hybrid models to be launched by Bentley in the next decade. It will be one of 10 EV and plug-in hybrid models to be launched in the space of a decade.

Bentley just announced that it would launch the worlds first true electric luxury urban SUV in 2026, the start of its all-electric business strategy.