Seen at Monterey car week 2022

The Pebble Beach Concours gives automakers, from exotic brands to mass market giants, the chance to display their concepts and pricey hard-to-gets.

Pebble Beach weekend has returned in full force this year. Automakers are showing a slew of new product changes out among the lawns and beachsides of the Monterey peninsula.

And stealing the spotlight this year: electric vehicles.

An annual cluster of events traditionally known for displays of sky-high-horsepower sports cars and rarified exotica, the venues this year will unveil EV versions of vehicles that can perform (and will likely cost) at breathtaking levels.

$2 million Bentley is going to select few buyers: Bentley says each fully customized Batur grand coupe will be powered by a hand-assembled 6.0-liter twin turbo W-12 engine producing about 730 hp. The coupe will run on a speed-tuned air suspension with four-wheel steering and torque vectoring.

Kia EV6 GT boasts 576 hp of muscle: Kia America on Friday unveiled a performance-aimed Kia EV6 GT that will offer a breathtaking 576 hp and 546 pound-feet of torque when it arrives as a 2023 model.

A north star for Acura’s upcoming EV design: Acura has unveiled a concept for its first electric vehicle, to be built through a partnership between Honda Motor Co. and General Motors, and said the production model will bear the name of a popular but discontinued vehicle — the ZDX.

producing about 730 hp. The coupe will run on a speed-tuned air suspension with four-wheel steering and torque vectoring.

Bentley Mulliner Batur

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Kia EV6 GT

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Acura Precision EV concept

2023 Lamborghini Urus Performante adds power, shaves weight: The regular Lamborghini Urus is no slouch, but the Italian supercar brand has opted to kick things up a notch with the Urus Performante, a new higher-performance version that promises to be lower, lighter, quicker and more powerful.

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Lamborghini Urus Performante

Muscling into Rolls-Royce pricing territory: The small-batch Range Rover SV Carmel Edition stickers at $345,000 — roughly $75,000 more than a 2023 Range Rover with all the options boxes checked. In comparison, the 2022 Rolls-Royce Cullinan crossover has a starting price of $348,000.

Range Rover SV Carmel Edition

McLaren Solus GT, somewhere between fantasy and reality: The 25-vehicle production run is pre-sold, and deliveries begin next year. McLaren did not disclose pricing, but a source estimated it at $3 million to $4 million. The single-seater Solus GT brings to life a futuristic McLaren concept featured in the Gran Turismo Sport video game.

McLaren Solus GT

Lucid Air Sapphire sedan with 1,200 hp launches at $249k: The Lucid Air Sapphire, unveiled at Monterey Car Week Friday, has a track-tuned suspension, carbon-ceramic brakes and will vie for the title of the fastest sedan in the world with the Tesla Model S Plaid. Both advertise a zero-to-60 in under two seconds.

Polestar 6 emerges as a $200,000 rival to Porsche 911: Polestar will turn its O2 concept into its next halo car, expected to go on sale in 2026. The 872-hp Polestar 6 roadster will be the automaker’s most powerful and expensive model and — at least in its thinking today — sell in the range of $200,000.

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Polestar O2 concept

Lincoln Model L100 concept meant to inspire future products: Ford’s luxury brand on Thursday unveiled the Model L100 concept, a self-driving sedan that’s longer than the extended-length Navigator L and powered by a solid-state battery.

Lincoln Model L100 concept

Rebirth of a classic Aston? The Aston Martin’s DBR22 concept is meant to evoke the Aston Martin DBR1 and the DB3S, an aluminum-bodied 1950s race car that ran at Le Mans.