Rolls-Royce Spectre

2021: First Rolls-Royce electric car named Spectre

On September 29, 2021, Rolls-Royce named the first electric car in its lineup - Spectre. The company has publicly promised to completely abandon internal combustion engines by 2030.

The announcement of Rolls-Royce Spectre was accompanied by one of the most famous quotes from co-founder Charles Rolls:

Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best thing that exists and make it better. When it doesn't exist, create it.

The first Rolls-Royce electric car received the name Spectre

The presence of this quote is probably a nod to the fully individual Spectre mechanical design, which Rolls-Royce claims will be free of any group separation strategy.

Instead of using the Cluster Architecture (CLB) platform, which underlies BMW's parent company's new i4 and iX EV, Rolls-Royce adheres to the modular aluminum spatial Architecture of Luxury frame used for the current Phantom and Cullinan, which will ultimately form the basis of all Spektyolls-Rockets models.

CEO Torsten Muller-Otvos explained that the platform is scalable and flexible, which allows it to be used in various segments of vehicles and was created to create the basis of not just different models with an internal combustion engine, as is the case with Cullinan and Ghost, but also models with completely different power units. The platform, which brought significant improvements in terms of weight and stiffness to the eighth generation Phantom, was developed from the very beginning to accommodate an electric powertrain in addition to the V12 developed by BMW, which in various versions has been present in the Rolls line since 1998. Details about what exactly will set Spectre in motion while kept secret.

As for the design of the final product, camouflage hides most of the distinctive features of the test car, but the CEO confirmed that he will keep his fastback-oriented design in production.

According to Rolls-Royce representatives, a series of test cars will be built for the two-year test program, which will travel more than 241 million km, which corresponds to about 400 years of operation.^[1]

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