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Rolls-Royce Vision concept, Goodwood
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Rolls-Royce is rumoured to introduce a new range of luxury electric cars in the early half of this decade, possibly kicking things off with the newly-patented Silent Shadow model (a play on the Silver Shadow). Company CEO Torsten Müller-Ötvö told
Autocar that the brand will skip plug-in hybrid powertrains altogether, and use R&D funds to invest in fully electric models.
“We need to make smart decisions on where we invest our money. It may be okay for bigger companies to go into hybrids and all sorts of different technologies. We needed to make a certain decision,” he said. The move will mark the first alternative propulsion tech offered by the automaker since 2003.