Bentley Continental Flying Spur Bentayga hybrid and the Bentley EXP 100 GT concept car in California

#bentley #conceptcars #pebblebeach https://www.drivingthenation.com/bent... Bentley’s vision of the future sets the benchmark for sustainability The luxurious cabin includes finest intelligently curated materials All-electric concept car an environmental showcase Bentley partners with the world’s leading experts in sustainable materials Sustainable future includes 5,000-year-old Copper Infused Riverwood 100% organic leather-like textile a bi-product of wine-making British Farmed Wool carpets and embroidered cotton interior surfaces Even Compass exterior paint made from recycled rice husks Fully-autonomous EXP 100 GT a celebration of Bentley’s centenary Bentley has become a world leader in the push towards a future of sustainable luxury mobility with the new EXP 100 GT – its all-electric concept car created to celebrate the company’s centenary year. In pursuing this vision, Bentley has brought together intelligently curated materials from some of the world’s leading experts in sustainable production. The fully autonomous Grand Tourer with zero emissions and Artificial Intelligence sets a new benchmark for sustainable travel. Designed to enhance the occupants’ luxury Grand Touring experience, it is borne from pure Bentley DNA. Beautifully styled, it reasserts the car as a place for creating, experiencing and capturing extraordinary human experiences and emotions. Bentley has created a carefully curated selection of exquisite materials for the EXP 100 GT concept car. Gainsborough cotton damask textile is sustainable, renewable and biodegradable, making it an excellent choice as an environmentally friendly fiber in the EXP 100 GT. This unique and beautiful damask has been jointly created by Bentley and Gainsborough, using a sustainable dying process that strives to achieve zero discharge of chemicals into the environment. Bentley teamed up with London’s premier embroidery house to create a crafted art installation on the textile. Hand & Lock has more than 250 years of experience, providing their services to the Royal Family, top European design houses, the Royal Armed Forces and Savile Row tailors. The company is committed to sharing embroidery know-how and inspiring the next generation of embroiderers. Vegea is the future of luxury eco-materials and uses a by-product of the wine-making process to create a fully vegetal raw material consisting of grape skins, seeds, and stalks that remain after crushing grapes. An exclusive collaboration with Vegea Company of Italy sees Bentley making a clear and bold statement about its commitment to delivering beautiful materials that are sustainable and environmentally friendly too. Cumbria Crystal is the last producer of completely hand-blown and hand-cut, lead, luxury English crystal. Using only traditional methods, a team of just 22 highly skilled artisans uses techniques that have barely changed since Roman times. The company is committed to operating as sustainably and ethically as possible, working only with British and European partners for all supplies and packaging. It is the crystal of choice for British Embassies, many royal families and now the Bentley EXP 100 GT. Bentley’s love of authentic materials – a long-established tradition in the company’s luxurious cars – continues via a unique partnership with the charity, the Fenland Black Oak Project. Around 5,000 years ago, an ancient high forest once stood inside the Fenland Basin in England’s East Anglia region. Over time and due to a rise in sea level, these spectacular oak trees fell into the silt of the flooded forest where they have been preserved ever since in the peat. This black ‘treasure’ lay undiscovered until 2012 when experts found a 13-meter long giant log from that forest. Milled and dried, the wood has an aesthetic naturally occurring open grain, knots and cracks that make it the perfect material to infuse with metals such as recycled copper – adding stability to an otherwise ‘flawed’ piece of wood. Inspired by the Japanese art of Kintsugi, metal-infused bog oak embraces and celebrates the beauty of the natural features and imperfections, repurposing an otherwise discarded material for use in the Bentley EXP 100 GT interior. Follow us at:  Driving the Nation https://www.drivingthenation.com/ Facebook   / drivingthenation   Twitter   / drivingthenatio   Instagram   / drivingthenation   Linkedin   / lou-ann-hammond-0944a43   Carlist https://www.carlist.com/ Facebook   / carlistcom   Twitter   / carlistdotcom   Have more questions? Leave a question below. Don't Forget To SUBSCRIBE to our youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/drivingt...