The Rolls-Royce Spectre: A New Era in Electric Luxury

One of the most obvious things to share about the Rolls-Royce Spectre is the battery pack. According to Rolls-Royce, the battery pack for the specifications will weigh approximately 700 kilograms. This is a significant amount of weight, and it's likely that this is the same battery pack they plan to use in the upcoming model. However, instead of focusing on the weight, Rolls-Royce has revealed the capacity of the battery pack, which is 102 kilowatt hours.

This raises questions about why the weight was chosen over the capacity. It's possible that the company wanted to emphasize the size and scope of the battery pack, rather than its actual performance. The claimed range of the Spectre, on a full charge, is between 370 and 390 miles. However, as the Rolls-Royce will be heavier than this car due to all the animal hide and metal and wood trim, it's likely that the range will fall. A more realistic estimate would be around the 350-mile mark.

The Spectre will use the dual motors from the BMW i7, which combined produce 544 horsepower. However, there will also be a high-performance version of the car that comes out later, producing 660 horsepower. This is likely to put it ahead of the current V12 engine used in Rolls-Royce models, which produces 570 horsepower. Rolls-Royce will want to ensure that their new electric car is more powerful than their current lineup, not only to compete with other luxury brands but also to outperform their own V12 offerings.

The question is, how fast can the Spectre go? Rolls-Royce has a reputation for building cars that are incredibly quick and responsive. The Phantom can do 0-16.4 seconds, so it's likely that the Spectre will have to be even quicker. A naught-to-60 time of at least 4.5 seconds is a reasonable estimate, although possibly less if Rolls-Royce wants to make a bold statement.

But what does this mean for the buyer? Do they really care about acceleration times? For many Rolls-Royce owners, performance is not the primary concern. They want their cars to be effortless and relaxing, with quiet and smooth power delivery. Electric motors are perfect for this, as they provide instant torque and quiet operation. Additionally, electric cars can be designed to be aerodynamic and slippery, reducing wind noise and making the car even more enjoyable to drive.

One of the most interesting aspects of the Spectre's design is its battery pack. Rolls-Royce plans to use the 700-kilogram pack to absorb noise from the tires and the road, rather than relying on traditional soundproofing methods. This clever approach will help to create a quieter car, which is exactly what Rolls-Royce aims for in this vehicle. It's also worth noting that the EV layout allows for more creative storage solutions, such as bespoke luggage compartments.

Speaking of prices, the Spectre is expected to fall somewhere between the $400,000 price tag of the Phantom and the $250,000 original Wraith model. As electric vehicles are currently more expensive to produce than their internal combustion engine counterparts, it's likely that the Spectre will be priced accordingly. A rough estimate would put the starting price around $350,000, although this could vary depending on the final specifications and trim levels.

In conclusion, the Rolls-Royce Spectre is a significant development in the company's history, marking their entry into the world of electric luxury cars. With its impressive performance, sleek design, and innovative features, it promises to be an exciting addition to the Rolls-Royce lineup. As with any new car model, there will be questions and concerns from owners and enthusiasts alike, but for now, we can only wait and see how much money this car is going to cost when it goes on sale in 2023.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi how are you matt watson here from car wire so rolls royce has a range of beautiful luxury cars and they are all powered by a glorious v12 engine however that is not sustainable rolls-royce is having to go electric and their entire model lineup will be fully electric by 2030 and their first ever electric car will arrive next year and it will be called the spectre and in this video i'm going to tell you everything you need to know about it and show you what it's probably going to look like buy sell car wow back in 2011 rolls-royce flirted with an electric car they built a prototype called the 102 ex for rolls-royce ex stands for experimental and it's for their concept cars the car was essentially a 2011 phantom but they took out the v12 engine at the front and they fitted some batteries in its place and then at the rear it appears they fitted two electric motors now we can't be sure because rolls-royce didn't give full details on the car they did say it was dual motor but they didn't say the layout of it though the cgi does suggest that the electric car was rear-wheel drive like that generation of phantom now combined the electric motors put out 390 horsepower and the battery capacity was 71 kilowatt hours now both those numbers are quite low by today's electric car standards car obviously never went into production it was just a test bed now this new car that they're building is far more advanced and it'll have a different layout rolls royce has released this teaser video of the forthcoming spectre now if you look at it you can see that it's not a four door like the phantom it's actually a two-door like the wraith however it's not based on the race platform that's been converted to electric power you see the wraith itself was actually based on an old bmw 7 series platform from 2008 the wraith has now gone off sale so that platform is done the new spectre is actually based on the current phantom platform reason being that that platform was designed from the outset to be able to be converted to electric power this is why rolls-royce itself says that the best way to think about the spectre is like a phantom coupe in fact they had a phantom coupe from 2008 to 2016 which wasn't the wraith rolls-royce has also said that the spectre will use that split headlight design similar to that used on the phantom coupe but obviously it can't just be a retro looking vehicle it needs to look to the future as well and that's why it's probably going to take some inspiration from the 103ex concept car from 2019. now this is a mad looking thing isn't it but the shape of the roof and the door design could influence the specter now when you put these two elements together that phantom coupe and this 103ex this is what i think that the forthcoming spectre could actually look like now the design of this car isn't just about looking expensive luxurious and stately being an ev aerodynamics are super important it needs to still be as efficient as possible to maximize the range so aerodynamics are going to play a big part of how this car looks engineers measure how aerodynamic a car is by using something called the coefficient of drag shortened to cd now the measurement of a cd is actually based on a ratio and the ratio is how aerodynamic the car is compared to a block with the same frontal area now the old rolls-royce phantom coupe had a drag coefficient of 0.35 c d prototypes of this new spectra have a drag coefficient of 0.26 cd which is a big improvement but it's not brilliant the most aerodynamic car currently on sale is the mercedes eqs which has a drag coefficient of 0.20 cd thing is when you start designing cars to be as aerodynamic as possible it really affects how cool they look for instance the eqs is nowhere near as good looking as its internal combustion engine equivalent the s-class so if you think about the figure that rolls-royce is achieving with their car and the fact that it's still going to look beautiful they've done a good job it isn't just the overall shape that ross has worked on to make sure the car is as aerodynamic as possible they've made tiny changes all over the car for instance the spirit of ecstasy will be ever so slightly smaller than on previous rolls-royces i know this is sort of a little bit like removing the sprinklings off a donut to reduce the calorie intake you know it's not going to make that much of a difference but you know what every little helps they might be thinking why is an electric car got a grill well rolls royce's grill is famous it's part of its brand identity so it's not going to be losing that in a hurry now to also add a little bit of bling to it they're very likely to make it illuminated because illuminated grills are quite a big thing over at bmw which of course is rolls royce's parent company for instance the i7 has an illuminated grille the xm has an illuminated grille so you can bet your life that they're going to use an illuminated grille on this new rolls royce rolls royce won't just stop at borrowing some of bmw's bling it's most likely going to use some of its propulsion system as well it's done this before the phantom's v12 engine is based on a bmw engine as is the gearbox and at the moment bmw is cranking out loads of evs the i4 the i7 and there's more to come so it makes sense that some of this technology will also be used by rolls royce one of the most obvious things to share is the battery pack so rolls royce has said that the battery pack for the specs will weigh about 700 kilos i don't know why they just didn't say what the capacity is rather than the weight i mean what's that all about i did a little bit of an investigation on the weight of the i7 and compared it to the normal 7 series and based on map maths i think the battery in the i7 weighs approximately 700 kilos which means it's most likely to be the same battery pack they port into the rolls royce the capacity of that is 102 kilowatt hours the claimed range of the i7 is between 370 and 390 miles on a full charge now as the rolls-royce is going to be heavier than that car you know because of all the animal hide and metal and wood trim it's probably gonna be heavier as a result the range will fall but it should still be around the 350 mile mark it makes sense that the rolls-royce spectre uses the dual motors from the i7 now combined they put out 544 horsepower however there will be a high performance version that comes out later which produces 660 horsepower now when you consider that the current v12 engine used in rolls royces puts out 570 horsepower you know that rolls royce is going to want to make sure that their new electric car is more powerful than their current v12 offering so it's probably going to have around 600 horsepower not only will rolls-royce want to make sure that this new spectre is more powerful than the current rolls-royce lineup they're going to want to make sure it's the quickest car they do after all electric cars are known for being quick so if you take for example the current phantom can do not 16 4.8 seconds it's gonna have to be quicker than that so it's likely that rolls royce be looking for the car to do a naught 60 time of at least 4.5 seconds perhaps even less but do rolls-royce owners really care about naught 60 times well no not really they do like performance but they want effortless and relaxing performance they want their cars to be quiet an electric power is perfect for that also a byproduct of making a car more slippery and aerodynamic which you do for an electric guide to make it more efficient is that it reduces wind noise makes it quieter but rolls-royce are going beyond that they've come up with a really clever way to make the spectre super quiet and it involves the battery they're going to use that 700 kilogram pack to absorb noise from the tyres and the road it's really clever it means that they don't actually have to fill it with so much sound proofing to make it super quiet hopefully they won't make it too quiet like they did originally with the ghost where the car was so quiet that the moving sensation made people sick and had to take some soundproofing out i'm sure they'd learned their lesson another benefit of the ev layout is that because you've got the batteries underneath the floor and you've got some small electric motors on the axle there's no big internal combustion engine taking up room underneath the bonnet so as they did with the 103 ex they use that space for some rather cool bespoke luggage and they're probably under this with a specter because it means that they'll be able to make some more money from their customers with this rather lovely luggage set and that brings down to the price which obviously is something that rolls-royce buyers don't even think about because it's too vulgar and they're so rich it doesn't really matter anyway however if you look at the price of the wraith that used to cost 250 000 pounds if you look at the price of a current phantom they start at 400 000 pounds obviously that is a flagship the spectra will be sold alongside it so it can't cost more than the flagship but being an ev it's going to cost more to produce evs are just more expensive so the price of the spectre is going to be somewhere between the 400 000 pounds of the phantom and the 250 grand of what the wraith used to cost it's probably gonna be around 350 000 pounds is my reckoning but don't hold me to that we'll find out for sure exactly how much it costs when it goes on sale in the end of 2023 i hope you all enjoyed the video if you did please give it a like if you click on those windows there you can watch some more videos and if you click on that box there you can go to car wow to see how much money you can save on your next car thanks for watchinghi how are you matt watson here from car wire so rolls royce has a range of beautiful luxury cars and they are all powered by a glorious v12 engine however that is not sustainable rolls-royce is having to go electric and their entire model lineup will be fully electric by 2030 and their first ever electric car will arrive next year and it will be called the spectre and in this video i'm going to tell you everything you need to know about it and show you what it's probably going to look like buy sell car wow back in 2011 rolls-royce flirted with an electric car they built a prototype called the 102 ex for rolls-royce ex stands for experimental and it's for their concept cars the car was essentially a 2011 phantom but they took out the v12 engine at the front and they fitted some batteries in its place and then at the rear it appears they fitted two electric motors now we can't be sure because rolls-royce didn't give full details on the car they did say it was dual motor but they didn't say the layout of it though the cgi does suggest that the electric car was rear-wheel drive like that generation of phantom now combined the electric motors put out 390 horsepower and the battery capacity was 71 kilowatt hours now both those numbers are quite low by today's electric car standards car obviously never went into production it was just a test bed now this new car that they're building is far more advanced and it'll have a different layout rolls royce has released this teaser video of the forthcoming spectre now if you look at it you can see that it's not a four door like the phantom it's actually a two-door like the wraith however it's not based on the race platform that's been converted to electric power you see the wraith itself was actually based on an old bmw 7 series platform from 2008 the wraith has now gone off sale so that platform is done the new spectre is actually based on the current phantom platform reason being that that platform was designed from the outset to be able to be converted to electric power this is why rolls-royce itself says that the best way to think about the spectre is like a phantom coupe in fact they had a phantom coupe from 2008 to 2016 which wasn't the wraith rolls-royce has also said that the spectre will use that split headlight design similar to that used on the phantom coupe but obviously it can't just be a retro looking vehicle it needs to look to the future as well and that's why it's probably going to take some inspiration from the 103ex concept car from 2019. now this is a mad looking thing isn't it but the shape of the roof and the door design could influence the specter now when you put these two elements together that phantom coupe and this 103ex this is what i think that the forthcoming spectre could actually look like now the design of this car isn't just about looking expensive luxurious and stately being an ev aerodynamics are super important it needs to still be as efficient as possible to maximize the range so aerodynamics are going to play a big part of how this car looks engineers measure how aerodynamic a car is by using something called the coefficient of drag shortened to cd now the measurement of a cd is actually based on a ratio and the ratio is how aerodynamic the car is compared to a block with the same frontal area now the old rolls-royce phantom coupe had a drag coefficient of 0.35 c d prototypes of this new spectra have a drag coefficient of 0.26 cd which is a big improvement but it's not brilliant the most aerodynamic car currently on sale is the mercedes eqs which has a drag coefficient of 0.20 cd thing is when you start designing cars to be as aerodynamic as possible it really affects how cool they look for instance the eqs is nowhere near as good looking as its internal combustion engine equivalent the s-class so if you think about the figure that rolls-royce is achieving with their car and the fact that it's still going to look beautiful they've done a good job it isn't just the overall shape that ross has worked on to make sure the car is as aerodynamic as possible they've made tiny changes all over the car for instance the spirit of ecstasy will be ever so slightly smaller than on previous rolls-royces i know this is sort of a little bit like removing the sprinklings off a donut to reduce the calorie intake you know it's not going to make that much of a difference but you know what every little helps they might be thinking why is an electric car got a grill well rolls royce's grill is famous it's part of its brand identity so it's not going to be losing that in a hurry now to also add a little bit of bling to it they're very likely to make it illuminated because illuminated grills are quite a big thing over at bmw which of course is rolls royce's parent company for instance the i7 has an illuminated grille the xm has an illuminated grille so you can bet your life that they're going to use an illuminated grille on this new rolls royce rolls royce won't just stop at borrowing some of bmw's bling it's most likely going to use some of its propulsion system as well it's done this before the phantom's v12 engine is based on a bmw engine as is the gearbox and at the moment bmw is cranking out loads of evs the i4 the i7 and there's more to come so it makes sense that some of this technology will also be used by rolls royce one of the most obvious things to share is the battery pack so rolls royce has said that the battery pack for the specs will weigh about 700 kilos i don't know why they just didn't say what the capacity is rather than the weight i mean what's that all about i did a little bit of an investigation on the weight of the i7 and compared it to the normal 7 series and based on map maths i think the battery in the i7 weighs approximately 700 kilos which means it's most likely to be the same battery pack they port into the rolls royce the capacity of that is 102 kilowatt hours the claimed range of the i7 is between 370 and 390 miles on a full charge now as the rolls-royce is going to be heavier than that car you know because of all the animal hide and metal and wood trim it's probably gonna be heavier as a result the range will fall but it should still be around the 350 mile mark it makes sense that the rolls-royce spectre uses the dual motors from the i7 now combined they put out 544 horsepower however there will be a high performance version that comes out later which produces 660 horsepower now when you consider that the current v12 engine used in rolls royces puts out 570 horsepower you know that rolls royce is going to want to make sure that their new electric car is more powerful than their current v12 offering so it's probably going to have around 600 horsepower not only will rolls-royce want to make sure that this new spectre is more powerful than the current rolls-royce lineup they're going to want to make sure it's the quickest car they do after all electric cars are known for being quick so if you take for example the current phantom can do not 16 4.8 seconds it's gonna have to be quicker than that so it's likely that rolls royce be looking for the car to do a naught 60 time of at least 4.5 seconds perhaps even less but do rolls-royce owners really care about naught 60 times well no not really they do like performance but they want effortless and relaxing performance they want their cars to be quiet an electric power is perfect for that also a byproduct of making a car more slippery and aerodynamic which you do for an electric guide to make it more efficient is that it reduces wind noise makes it quieter but rolls-royce are going beyond that they've come up with a really clever way to make the spectre super quiet and it involves the battery they're going to use that 700 kilogram pack to absorb noise from the tyres and the road it's really clever it means that they don't actually have to fill it with so much sound proofing to make it super quiet hopefully they won't make it too quiet like they did originally with the ghost where the car was so quiet that the moving sensation made people sick and had to take some soundproofing out i'm sure they'd learned their lesson another benefit of the ev layout is that because you've got the batteries underneath the floor and you've got some small electric motors on the axle there's no big internal combustion engine taking up room underneath the bonnet so as they did with the 103 ex they use that space for some rather cool bespoke luggage and they're probably under this with a specter because it means that they'll be able to make some more money from their customers with this rather lovely luggage set and that brings down to the price which obviously is something that rolls-royce buyers don't even think about because it's too vulgar and they're so rich it doesn't really matter anyway however if you look at the price of the wraith that used to cost 250 000 pounds if you look at the price of a current phantom they start at 400 000 pounds obviously that is a flagship the spectra will be sold alongside it so it can't cost more than the flagship but being an ev it's going to cost more to produce evs are just more expensive so the price of the spectre is going to be somewhere between the 400 000 pounds of the phantom and the 250 grand of what the wraith used to cost it's probably gonna be around 350 000 pounds is my reckoning but don't hold me to that we'll find out for sure exactly how much it costs when it goes on sale in the end of 2023 i hope you all enjoyed the video if you did please give it a like if you click on those windows there you can watch some more videos and if you click on that box there you can go to car wow to see how much money you can save on your next car thanks for watching\n"