Rolls-Royce could have an electric Phantom on the road in just 12 months, according to a company source.
That would be well in time for the car to be one of the centrepieces of BMW’s sponsorship of the 2012 London Olympics.
Company boss Tom Purvis has previously revealed a wish to produce an
electric Rolls to offset any possible future ban on big-engined saloons
in urban areas and hedge against tough inner-city CO2 legislation.
Internally
it’s thought that the near-silence of electric propulsion, and the fact
that full torque is available from a standstill, would align perfectly
with Rolls-Royce’s core values. Engineers are currently hard at work
making this a reality, although a running prototype has yet to hit the
road.
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