Bentley Motors has announced that it has opened a new Excellence Centre for Quality & Launch.

The new facility, Bentley states, will be pivotal to its preparations for the launch its first battery electric vehicle, which is set to be an SUV and scheduled to make its debut come 2026. The new centre spans a total of two floors and covers a total of 8,000sqm. It houses a production proving ground and a mini assembly line to test future BEV assembly. It also includes a technical centre for future materials testing, high precision dimensional measurement, vehicle analysis and reliability.

Bentley states that it plans to reinvent its entire product range to support an electrified future.