Rolls-Royce revealed its first all-electric vehicle, the 2024 Specter, an ultra-luxury coupe with an estimated 260 miles of range and a price tag that is sure to make even the wealthiest choke on their tea. For those who can afford it, the Specter is expected to make its first customer deliveries starting in late 2023.
Rolls-Royce announces the 2024 Specter electric ‘super coupe’ with 260 miles of range
The Specter marks the first step toward a fully electrified Rolls-Royce lineup, which the company has said it will achieve by 2030. That stands in contrast to the company’s parent company, BMW, which has yet to declare when it expects to transition to 100 percent EV sales. (Mini, another BMW-owned brand, has also said it would be all-electric by the end of the decade.)
The Specter marks the first step toward a fully electrified Rolls-Royce lineup
In some respects, the Specter is not unlike other luxury coupes from Rolls-Royce: long hood, sleek roofline, pillarless doors — all familiar designs. But a quick glance under the surface reveals the Specter to be unique among the storied British automaker’s lineup thanks to its lithium-ion battery-powered architecture.
But this is more of a design announcement than a full accounting of the Specter’s underlying power train. Rolls-Royce says that most of the relevant specifications, including range, acceleration, and battery capacity, are still “being refined” and that more details will emerge at a later date.
Rolls-Royce also didn’t divulge the price of the Specter but did confirm that it would slot somewhere in between the Cullinan SUV (which starts at