Rolls-Royce Specter ends winter testing – 25% of 2.5 million km test program carried out; Released in 2023
Last September, Rolls-Royce announced that its first electric vehicle (EV) – The spectre – will hit the market in the fourth quarter of 2023. In a recent update, the British carmaker said “a new Rolls-Royce motor vehicle always starts operations in winter,” and Specter did just that, after finishing winter testing at a facility located in Arjeplog, Sweden, just 55 kilometers from the Arctic Circle, where temperatures can drop as low as -40 degrees Celsius.
The Specter is part of the Rolls-Royce 3.0 plan, which represents the beginning of the brand’s electric future – all of its products will be fully electric by 2030. So winter testing. is very important to ensure that all systems are working properly. condition.
Unlike its previous creations, the company says the Specter will be the most connected Rolls-Royce ever, having 141,200 sender-recipient relationships and more than 1,000 functions with more than 25,000 sub functions. For comparison, Phantom has 51,000 sender-recipient relationships, 456 functions, and 647 sub-functions.
Like the Phantom, the Specter is built on the company’s Luxury Architecture, albeit further developed to integrate the required electrical and electronic powertrain architecture. Rolls-Royce claims “free and direct exchange of details between these more than 1,000 functions without centralized processing”, which requires an increase in cable length from about 2 km in existing products. up 7 km in Specter.
Driving in snow also allows Rolls-Royce to evaluate and fine-tune the Specter’s NVH and dynamic performance. To date, prototypes of this model have undergone more than 500,000 km of testing, which sounds like a lot but is still only 25% of the 2.5 million km that Rolls-Royce claims in its test program to simulate 400 years of use.
The provided images of the prototype provide a better idea of what the Specter will look like when finished, and although it calls out the Wraith at first, the two-door model is presented as the spiritual successor. give Phantom Coupe produced between 2008 and 2016. Clearly the main hallmarks of Rolls-Royce, including Spirit of Ecstasy decorations redesigneda long bonnet and pantheon grille.
The Phantom Coupe’s split headlights have also been adapted for the Specter, which will also be the company’s first coupe with 23-inch wheels since 1926. Beyond visibility, the platform’s flexibility creates an air channel. High kinetics for the battery, providing a perfectly smooth underfloor profile.
The low, sleek windshield and other design solutions resulted in a drag coefficient of just 0.26, at least for early prototypes. Rolls-Royce also notes that by creating wiring channels and pipes between the floor and the top of the battery, its engineers have created a secondary function for the battery – 700 kg of sound canceling sound.
