Rolls-Royce has confirmed that the first customer deliveries of its first electric vehicle (EV), the Spectre coupe, will commence in Q4 2023.
The Goodwood-based luxury carmaker revealed pictures of the model as it prepares to kick-start an EV drive which will result in its entire product portfolio being fully electric by 2030.
Priced between the £264,000 Cullinan SUV and £363,600 Phantom, the Spectre is set to fulfil a role as the brand’s new dynamic flagship alongside its zero-emissions credentials.
Although final power, acceleration and range have yet to be published, Roll-Royce said that “preliminary data” shows the Spectre is expected to have an all-electric range of 320 miles and 0-62mph acceleration of 4.5 seconds from a drivetrain which delivers around 585PS and 900Nm of torque.
Torsten Müller-Ötvös, the chief executive of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, said: “This incredible motor car, conceived from the very beginning as our first fully-electric model, is silent, powerful and demonstrates how perfectly Rolls-Royce is suited to electrification.
“Spectre’s all-electric powertrain will assure the marque’s sustained success and relevance while dramatically increasing the definition of each characteristic that makes a Rolls-Royce a Rolls-Royce.”
He added: “This is the start of a bold new chapter for our marque, our extraordinary clients and the luxury industry. For this reason, I believe Spectre is the most perfect product that Rolls-Royce has ever produced.”
The Rolls-Rpoyce Spectre measures 5.45m in length and 2.08m in length and features front-hinged ‘suicide doors’.
Among its optional trim packages are Starlight Doors, which incorporate 4,796 illuminated ‘stars’ in the door cards, and an Illuminated Fascia featuring the Spectre nameplate surrounded by a further 5,500 ‘stars’.
Its grille is also softly illuminated by 22 LEDs at night.
Among the Spectre’s technological innovation is a Planar suspension system.
Using a suite of new hardware components connected to a new high-speed processing system, the Planar system can decouple the car’s anti-roll bars allowing each wheel to act independently, preventing the rocking motion that occurs when one side of a vehicle hits an undulation in the road.
Under cornering, it also draws on information from 18 sensors to ensure that steering, braking, power delivery and suspension parameters are adjusted to maintain the car’s composure.
