Making A Mark In History: Rolls-Royce Announces First-Ever Fully Electric Spectre!

You heard that right. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars have just announced that it will begin on-road testing of its first fully electric vehicle. Named ‘Spectre’, this new addition is seen as a  prophecy fulfilment of their founding fathers, Charles Rolls and Sir Henry Royce. 

“The cars they created introduced to the world a true luxury experience and secured for Rolls-Royce is the ultimate pinnacle position that it continues to occupy, unchallenged, to this day. The marque has continued to define the very best in internal combustion motoring for more than a century.

“Today, 117 years later, I am proud to announce that Rolls-Royce is to begin the on-road testing programme for an extraordinary new product that will elevate the global all-electric car revolution and create the first – and finest – super-luxury product of its type. This is not a prototype. It’s the real thing, it will be tested in plain sight and our clients will take first deliveries of the car in the fourth quarter of 2023.” said Rolls-Royce Motor Cars chief executive officer Torsten Müller-Ötvös. 

The usage of electric motors does not seem foreign to the brand. Sir Henry Royce’s first venture, F.H Royce and Company, created dynamos and electric crane motors and has even patented the bayonet-style light bulb fitting. Fast forward to Rolls-Royce, the brand has dipped in the world of electric powertrain for quite a while, with the all-electric Phantom 102EX in 2011 as well as the 2016 103EX. 

There’s not much information about the Spectre, apart from the finished product expected to come into the market in the fourth quarter of 2023. Additionally, the brand is ready to commence road-testing of the vehicle, covering 2.5 million kilometres globally, which is equivalent to more than 400 years of use for a Rolls-Royce on average. 

It was also said that with the launch of the Spectre, Rolls-Royce is set on being fully electrified by 2030. By then, the brand will no longer anticipate producing or selling any internal combustion engine products. 

“Spectre is the living fulfilment of Charles Rolls’ Prophecy. My Promise, made on behalf of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is kept. Now we begin a remarkable undertaking. I am proud that we will continue to propel the world’s most progressive and influential women and men into a brilliant, electrified future.” added Müller-Ötvös.