Bentley Installs Biofuel Tank at Crewe Factory After Successful Performance Trial at Goodwood

Bentley has installed a 1,200 l fuel tank at its now-operational Crewe factory following the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where no fewer than six vehicles performed exceedingly well using biofuels.

July 28th, 2023
Bentley’s Beyond100 strategy will see the company line-up switch to exclusively plug-in hybrid or battery electric vehicles by 2026, and full electric vehicles only by 2030. Yet the company is also committed to supporting all current and past vehicles. The second generation biofuel delivers an estimated 85 per cent reduction in CO2 impact compared with conventional gasoline.
Bentley ran its six strong fleet at Goodwood using the fuel and successfully completed all 32 hill-climbs. The 750PS, W12-engined Batur fuelled with the second gen biofuel completed a 55.0 second run, placing it among the top-three production cars of the weekend. The Bentayga EWB also completed the hill climb in just 1 minute 21 seconds, even though it was towing 2.5 tonnes of straw. Enough straw, that when converted to biofuel, would power the Bentayga for 1100 miles or provide fuel for all of the Bentleys for the weekend at Goodwood.
Continuing on from these achievements, the 1200-litre fuel bowser was installed. This may appear unremarkable, but its contents have enabled vehicles from the Bentley Heritage Collection and press fleet to reduce their CO2 impact by an estimated 85 per cent, compared with ordinary gasoline.
The second-generation biofuel now installed at Crewe conforms to the global EN228 standard for gasoline, meaning that it’s a straightforward replacement for normal pump fuel. No engine modifications are necessary, even for the oldest surviving Bentley, the 1920 EXP2. Any Bentley ever built will run as powerfully and smoothly on the 2nd-generation biofuel as it does on normal pump gasoline, while dramatically reducing its carbon footprint. Implementation of the second-generation biofuel represents one route to a more sustainable future.