Bentley to revive classic model as an electric vehicle

Bentley is reviving its 1929 Blower model as an electric car. In cooperation with The Little Car Company, Bentley has developed a road-legal replica of the combustion classic that has been shrunk to 85 per cent of the size of the original model and now drives electrically.

The hand-built BEV called ‘Blower Junior’ weighs 550 kilograms, is about 3.70 metres long and 1.50 metres wide and offers space for two people (one behind the other). The electric drive produces up to 15 kW and allows the Stromer, which is registered in the EU and Great Britain as a category L7e vehicle, to reach a top speed of 45 mph or 72 km/h.

In the USA, the top speed is restricted to 25 mph or 40 km/h due to the regulations there. Production of the Blower Junior is scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2024, beginning with 99 examples of a ‘First Edition’.