British luxury automaker Rolls-Royce unveiled its first car in 1904. In 1900, four years before the company was incorporated, one of the co-founders, Charles Rolls, made a prescient remark. He said, “The electric car is perfectly noiseless and clean. There is no smell or vibration. They should become very useful when fixed charging stations can be arranged.”
The electric future Rolls envisaged more than a century ago has now become a reality for the ultra-luxury car maker. The company's first electric vehicle (EV), Spectre, began its testing journey in September 2021. It traversed different terrains, battled extreme weather conditions (from -40 degree C to 50 degree C), and completed 2.5 million kilometres before it was unveiled in October 2022. Subsequently, the EV went through an endurance test for another year.
