On September 28th, Ford and Seoul-based SKInnovation said they'll spend $11.4 Billion to build Four Factories to make Batteries and Eletric F-Series Trucks in Kentucky and Tennessee. The Plants, scheduled to open in 2025, will employ almost 11,000 People.
Rolls-Royce CEO, Torsten Müller-Ötvös, said Rolls-Royce will move to Electrify its complete Portfolio, which currently includes: Cullinan, Dawn, Ghost, Phantom, and Wraith, by 2030.
The Super Luxury Automaker, recently announced that it was drawing down Sales of its Dawn Convertible in the United States, instead focusing its Convertible's Sales efforts in: Africa, Asia, and Europe.
This means that by 2030, the Company's beloved W12 Engine will be no more.
Müller-Ötvös calls this the "beginning of a new legacy for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars".
"In April 1900, our founding forefather, Charles Rolls, made a prescient prophecy about automotive electrification. Move forward over 120 years to when I made a public promise, on the record, that we would bring the first fully electric Rolls‑Royce to market within the current decade," said Torsten Müller-Ötvös in a Statement. "And, right now, our company is embarking on an historic undertaking to create the first, super luxury car of its type."
The Car, which is currently undergoing On-Road Testing, which will happen in plain sight, Müller-Ötvös says, emphasizing that Spectre is not a Prototype or a Show Car. The Car sports athletic Proportions with a thinned front end compared to the Phantom and Ghost.
To get the Car ready for Production, the Automaker has created the most rigorous Testing Program in Rolls-Royce History. That Phase of Development is expected to cover 2.5 Million Kilometers and take Spectre to all Four corners of the World.
The CEO says that the Car's name is as "powerful and evocative as the nameplates that have served us so perfectly for a century." He goes further saying that the name fits the "feel and other-world environment" in which Rolls-Royce Products exist.
First Deliveries of the Car are expected to happening the Autumn of 2023, but only when the Vehicle exceeds the expectations of the Company's Customer Base, Müller-Ötvös said.
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