Rolls-Royce has announced that the Spectre electric super coupe has concluded the cold weather testing programme. It was conducted at the Bespoke facility located in Arjeplog, Sweden, just 55km from the arctic circle where temperature ranges between -26 degrees centigrade and -40 degrees centigrade. The winter testing is carried out for tests related to noise, vibration and harshness. Touted as the spiritual successor to the Phantom Coupé, Rolls Royce Spectre still has to complete nearly two million kilometres of testing.
Being the first fully electric Rolls-Royce, the Spectre will be launched in the fourth quarter of 2023. With 25% of the overall 2.5 million km completed under the winter testing phase, it will continue its global testing programme. The electric super coupé is based on an all-aluminium spaceframe architecture while retaining the Phantom Coupe's iconic split headlights and fastback silhouette. It will be the first Rolls-Royce coupé to be equipped with 23-inch wheels since 1926. Spectre is the most connected Rolls-Royce ever and each component within it is more intelligent than in any previous Rolls-Royce. It features 141,200 sender-receiver relations and has more than 1,000 functions with more than 25,000 sub functions. By comparison, Phantom has 51,000 sender-receiver relations, 456 functions and 647 sub functions.
In September 2021, Rolls-Royce had announced that it would launch its most important product since 4th May 1904, when the marque’s founders Charles Rolls and Sir Henry Royce agreed that they would create “the best car in the world” in the form of Rolls-Royce Spectre. In 2011, Rolls-Royce showcased a fully electric Experimental Phantom concept named 102EX. This was followed by 103EX, a dramatic design study that anticipated a bold electric future for the marque. These experimental cars prompted significant interest from Rolls-Royce clients. They felt that the characteristics of an electric powertrain would fit perfectly with the brand. Rolls-Royce Chief Executive Officer, Torsten Müller-Ötvös, responded to this with an unambiguous promise: Rolls-Royce will go electric, starting this decade.
In September 2021, Torsten Müller-Ötvös’ promise led to an historical moment as the British ultra-luxury brand confirmed that it had commenced testing of the first all-electric Rolls-Royce in history, Spectre. This extraordinary undertaking would be the most demanding testing program ever conceived by Rolls-Royce and would span 2.5 million kilometres, simulating more than 400 years of use for a Rolls-Royce, on average. The batteries of the all-electric couple will weigh around 700 kgs. "The announcement of every new Rolls-Royce motor car carries a great weight of expectation, but Spectre is unquestionably the most anticipated product in the marque’s modern history. This is because it is much more than a product," said Torsten Müller-Ötvös, Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.
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