Carrying on with a long series of centenary celebrations, Bentley has unveiled a new fully electric concept car as another tribute to its 100th anniversary.
The luxurious EXP 100 GT concept is a fully electric gran turismo representing what the British carmakers envision their vehicles to be like in 2035. Being 15 years ahead of current technology, Bentley says that the EV concept can push out an impressive 1,340 horsepower and 1,100 pound-feet of torque thanks to a fully electric powertrain, four electric motors, and a torque vectoring system. With power like that, the GT can make 0-60mph in under 2.5 seconds and reach a top speed of 186mph.
Aside from sheer power, the EXP 100 GT also boasts an array of high-tech gadgets and equipment. The battery powering the EV can be charged to 80 percent capacity in just 15 minutes, and at full charge can take you 435 miles in range. Measuring 19 feet long, the car only weighs in at 1,900kg, an astonishingly light weight for an EV at that size. Most impressively, however, for those with a taste for luxury, is the on-board AI personal assistant. Acting as the Alfred to your Bruce Wayne, the assistant can pre-empt your needs and maximize comfort and your driving experience, whilst also tracking a range of biometric information, such as head and eye movements and even your blood pressure.
“The Bentley EXP 100 GT represents the kind of cars we want to make in the future,” said Bentley’s Director of Design Stefan Sielaff. “Like those iconic Bentleys of the past, this car connects with its passengers’ emotions and helps them experience and safeguard the memories of the really extraordinary journeys they take.”
Krautmotors has custom-built a BMW Motorrad F 850 GS in honor of the Bauhaus art school movement’s 100th birthday. Staying true to Bauhaus’ clean lines and geometric form, the Krautmotors conversion combines a slim, minimalist unit and engine with distinctively retro design features.
The head of Krautmotors Rolf Reick spoke on the BMW “Bauhaus 100’s” design and previous works that came before it, such as the origami-indebted tank bike, saying in a press release that his “style is hopefully not to have a distinct style, but rather to create something defiant, rough, unfinished even. I think my design is known for not fitting into a particular niche.”
The motorbike took approximately half a year to build from the ground up. It features the engine from the F 850 GS, one of BMW long-haul adventure bikes, which was chosen for its slim design. As a result, Reick could create a skeleton-like body around the engine that features a custom-built tank, exhaust, forks, seat and a completely modified an R60/6 frame, which was redesigned to reference Marcel Breuer‘s 1929 Lounge Chair.
You can take a look at the BMW Motorrad F 850 GS Krautmotors “Bauhaus 100,” featuring its standout 19-inch slim metal-disc rims, in the gallery above.
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