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While they don’t appear ready to give the public a full look at the vehicle just yet, the Rolls-Royce all-electric Spectre marks a significant step forward for the iconic luxury car maker.
Long famous for their silky-smooth 12-cylinder ICE motors, the company sort of unveiled a production EV they’ve named Spectre. While that seems a touch evil when it comes to names (in a very James Bond way), it’s certain that the first vehicle in their EV lineup will be more of a hero and less of a bad guy.
CEO of Rolls-Royce, Torsten Müller-Ötvös, called the announcement a watershed moment for the company and left no doubt about what it means for the history of the famous marque.
“Today is the most significant day in the history of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars since 4th May, 1904,” he said, “117 years later, I am proud to announce that Rolls-Royce is to begin the on-road testing program for an extraordinary new product that will elevate the global all-electric car revolution.”
The announcement was light on specifics and the EV is still very much under wraps.
Rolls-Royce has, over recent years, teased an EV with the ideas such as the 102EX all-electric Phantom prototype and the Vision Next 100, but the concept cars were never meant to be production friendly. This Spectre though is the real deal and the company plans to test drive the car more than 1.5 million miles in a variety of conditions and locations to prepare it for production.
As no specific information was released as to performance specs, the intended motor or range figures, it is known that the Spectre will be built on the same aluminum-spaceframe architecture used in current production models like the Phantom, Cullinan and Ghost.
The real shocker in this announcement is that Rolls-Royce is targeting a completely electric lineup by the year 2030 and that by then “Rolls-Royce will no longer be in the business of creating or selling any internal-combustion-engine motor cars.”
“This name perfectly matches the extraordinary Rolls-Royce that we are announcing today,” Müller-Ötvös said. “(This is) a motor car that makes its presence felt before disappearing into a world inaccessible to all but the very few.”
He added that this EV Spectre will hit the showrooms as soon as the fourth quarter of 2023.
CEO of Rolls-Royce, Torsten Müller-Ötvös, called the announcement a watershed moment for the company and left no doubt about what it means for the history of the famous marque.
“Today is the most significant day in the history of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars since 4th May, 1904,” he said, “117 years later, I am proud to announce that Rolls-Royce is to begin the on-road testing program for an extraordinary new product that will elevate the global all-electric car revolution.”
The announcement was light on specifics and the EV is still very much under wraps.
Rolls-Royce has, over recent years, teased an EV with the ideas such as the 102EX all-electric Phantom prototype and the Vision Next 100, but the concept cars were never meant to be production friendly. This Spectre though is the real deal and the company plans to test drive the car more than 1.5 million miles in a variety of conditions and locations to prepare it for production.
As no specific information was released as to performance specs, the intended motor or range figures, it is known that the Spectre will be built on the same aluminum-spaceframe architecture used in current production models like the Phantom, Cullinan and Ghost.
The real shocker in this announcement is that Rolls-Royce is targeting a completely electric lineup by the year 2030 and that by then “Rolls-Royce will no longer be in the business of creating or selling any internal-combustion-engine motor cars.”
“This name perfectly matches the extraordinary Rolls-Royce that we are announcing today,” Müller-Ötvös said. “(This is) a motor car that makes its presence felt before disappearing into a world inaccessible to all but the very few.”
He added that this EV Spectre will hit the showrooms as soon as the fourth quarter of 2023.
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