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Rolls-Royce wants to make an electric PhantomThis is a discussion on Rolls-Royce wants to make an electric Phantom within the The Rolls-Royce Lounge forums, part of the Rolls-Royce category; Rolls-Royce CEO Tom Purves would like to make an electric-powered Phantom. ‘Many of our customers do small mileages exclusively in ... |
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10-23-2008, 07:35 AM
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  | Rolls-Royce wants to make an electric Phantom  Rolls-Royce CEO Tom Purves would like to make an electric-powered Phantom. ‘Many of our customers do small mileages exclusively in the city,’ says Purves, who took over the helm of BMW-owned Rolls-Royce in July 2008. ‘For these customers, an electric Rolls-Royce would be ideal.’ Purves has just driven the new electric Mini, which debuts at next month’s Los Angeles auto show, and was ‘bowled over by it. It is superb: quiet, fast and fantastic fun’. An electric Rolls-Royce, says Purves, would be in keeping with the Rolls brand. ‘We stand for unmatched refinement and you can’t get a quieter and less intrusive engine than a well engineered electric motor. Truly, the loudest noise you would hear would be the tick of the clock,’ he says, referring to an old Rolls marketing message. ‘We also stand for strong and instant torque – and an electric motor delivers maximum torque instantly. The “waftability” would be fantastic.’ Full Article: Rolls-Royce wants to make an electric Phantom | Environmental Motoring Issues | CAR Magainze Online M
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10-23-2008, 07:58 AM
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 | Re: Rolls-Royce wants to make an electric Phantom Well, this one car maker's only reason is more comfort...he doesn't care about emmissions  Seriously though, why wouldn't they? I think it's a sweet idea....A Phantom with electric engine would have like 1000 Nm to propel the car forward.
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| Re: Rolls-Royce wants to make an electric Phantom And by judging from the Mini electric, it would not have rear seats
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| Re: Rolls-Royce wants to make an electric Phantom Quote:
It would have to tow a caravan where the batteries would be stored. | |
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| Re: Rolls-Royce wants to make an electric Phantom  Size of that Duracell bunny with this amount of them 
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| Re: Rolls-Royce wants to make an electric Phantom lol, Vroom, you're on a roll these days!
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| Re: Rolls-Royce wants to make an electric Phantom ^LOL James |
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| Re: Rolls-Royce wants to make an electric Phantom  But seriously an all electric Rolls-Royce is silly, they won't make a diesel yet will make a electric car  and plus all the electrics use more electric than a Prius
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| Re: Rolls-Royce wants to make an electric Phantom Imo, that heavy-ass Phantom still won't manage to do anything better than 10mpg cuz' size does matters ...!
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