Bentley Motors revealed three hybrid concepts in the Beijing International Automotive Show earlier this month. Where lots of luxury automotive companies make sacrifices to performance to give weight down and efficiency up when making with this technology, Bentley’s unveiling shows just how luxurious and sexy a hybrid may be.

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Aesthetically, the Bentley Hybrid Concept retains the look and feel of the high-end automotive brand’s traditional design elements, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t take a few daring choices. Though these stylistic deviations were a little risky, they paid back in spades to create a vehicle that offers a driver power and luxury with some of that particular peace of mind which often comes with driving a hybrid and lessening one’s carbon footprint in the world.

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As described by Chief Executive of Bentley Motors, Dr. Wolfgang Schreiber, during a press conference in Beijing, “Adding performance and efficiency without having compromise to luxury ­- Plug-in hybrids are an important part of Bentley’s exciting future. In recognizing the relative deficiency of hybrid and green tech in top-tier autos, Dr. Schreiber also made note in the pride they’re experiencing as a brand on account of “pioneering these developments within the ultra luxury sector.

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Alongside the hybrid unveiled at the car event, the renowned auto manufacturer announced three more new vehicles, including the agile GT V8 S, a touring sedan Flying Spur V8, as well as the fastest production Bentley ever created, the Continental GT Speed. Additionally they announced that the plug-in hybrid SUV will likely be available by 2017 and this, by the end of the decade, about 90 percent of Bentley’s selection will also be available as plug-in hybrids.