Rolls-Royce's first electric vehicle is a large coupe serving as the spiritual successor to the Phantom Coupe.
, the marque's first electric vehicle, has reached a major milestone with the conclusion of the first winter test, which took place in northern Sweden, where temperatures this time of year reach as low as -15 degrees F.
There's still plenty of testing scheduled for the Spectre ahead of the market launch in the fourth quarter of 2023. Engineers will put various prototypes through a combined test drive of more than 1.2 million miles between now and then. This is in addition to simulated testing which is meant to represent 400 years of regular use.
Aiding the car's range is a slippery shape. Rolls-Royce said the current prototype has a low—for a Rolls-Royce—drag coefficient of 0.26 Cd. The lowest Cd of any car in production is the 0.20 of the Mercedes-Benz EQS. To improve the aerodynamics of the Spectre, Rolls-Royce evenThe electric powertrain of the Spectre also enabled the engineers to move some structural elements of the space-frame platform.
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