Rolls-Royce: This is how the Spectre hums at minus 20 °C 🎥
FEINSCHLIFF The new, all-electric Rolls-Royce has completed the first part of winter testing in Arjeplog. With Rolls-Royce 3.0, the English are ushering in a new era of digital drive and chassis technology.
A new Rolls-Royce model begins its life in winter - in Arjeplog, Sweden, at temperatures well below minus 20 °C. The engineers then ensure that every system is ready for operation and functions in the cold.
These tests are combined with fine-tuning work that forms the basis for a worthy vehicle.
Handling, controllability and stability
As a luxury brand, another aspect of winter testing is hugely important to Rolls-Royce. By deliberately destabilizing the Spectre on low-traction surfaces, engineers can create highly dynamic situations at low speeds. This can be analyzed and modified in the field, refining handling, controllability and stability.
The brand's first coupe with 23-inch wheels
The size of the all-aluminum spaceframe Spectre model exceeds the dimensions of other coupes to such an extent that the manufacturer refers to it as an electric supercoupé. Thus, the Spectre is considered the spiritual successor of the Phantom Coupé.
The designers not only created an imposing fastback silhouette, but also adopted the iconic split headlights. This is intended to make the first all-electric Rolls-Royce highly emotive.
Almost two million kilometers still planned
The Spectre is also the first coupe since 1926 with 23-inch wheels. After completion of the winter test phase, the worldwide test program will continue with it.
The electric supercoupé will cover nearly two million miles before engineers consider their task complete ahead of the first customer deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2023
Progress during the brand renaissance
Rolls-Royce 3.0 marks the beginning of the brand's electric future. The term refers to the progress made during the brand's renaissance, which began at Goodwood on January 1, 2003. The first vehicle was the Phantom with its own architecture.
Subsequently, the highly flexible all-aluminum spaceframe architecture was designed, which could be adapted for numerous models. Now comes Rolls-Royce 3.0 with the integration of an all-electric powertrain.
