Category: Bentley

Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, Green Culture, Bentley, Legislation and Policy, Green Daily, UK

The Queen is going green. Not surprisingly, the head of the Royal Family doesn’t drive herself, relying instead on Bentley to provide a couple of £10 million limos complete with drivers. Must be nice, huh? The two luxury machines maintained for the Queen […]

Filed under: Ethanol, Bentley, Geneva Motor Show, UK

Bentley has been talking about reducing its carbon emissions through the use of biofuels all year. It’s still unclear whether the luxury automaker will be forced to adhere to the new EU standards of 130 g/km of CO2 by 2015, but Bentley has already announced its stated goal […]

Filed under: Diesel, Bentley, Volkswagen

It looks like Bentley chief Franz-Josef Paefgen is being over-ruled when it comes to what kinds of powertrains will appear in his cars in the future. Specifically, Volkswagen is firmly committed to diesel engines while Paefgen has said that they are inappropriate for Bentley automobiles. VW Group CEO Martin Winterkorn told […]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Bentley

The only green usually associated with Bentley other than the color is the amount you have to spend to own and operate one. However there are some within Bentley who are working on cars that don’t necessarily represent conspicuous consumption. A team of young apprentices working for Bentley took part in the […]

Filed under: Etc., Bentley, Legislation and Policy, Green Daily
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Bentley CEO Franz-Josef Paefgen wants us all to chill out. Speaking at the 2008 Automotive News Europe Congress, Paefgen said that “it does help when the debate becomes excessively emotional” (Note: that’s ANE’s direct quote, but I’m pretty sure […]