the lunaz workshop where they re re engineering classic cars into electric cars. it s incredible in here. there are so many beautiful cars. lunaz is making the world s first fully electric rolls royces and bentleys. there are about 18 classic cars in the building, most dating from the 1960s. john hilton is the technical lead here. he was an aeronautical engineer at rolls royce before moving into formula 1. among a long list of accomplishments, he was a technical lead for michael schumacher s 1994 world championship win. what do you actually do? you re converting this car into an electric vehicle? this car has a petrol engine in today. we ll be removing the engine, the gear box, the fuel system, the exhaust system and all the things that make the engine work, and replacing with a brand new electric powertrain. the full renovation of the car takes about 26 weeks, and for rolls royces and bentleys the cost of the work starts
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of a famous fan. i m also here at silverstone. we re about to go into the lunaz workshop where they re re engineering classic cars into electric cars. it s incredible in here. there are so many beautiful cars. lunaz is making the world s first fully electric rolls royces and bentleys. there are about 18 classic cars in the building, most dating from the 1960s. john hilton is the technical lead here. he was an aeronautical engineer at rolls royce before moving into formula 1. among a long list of accomplishments, he was a technical lead for michael schumacher s 1994 world championship win. what do you actually do? you re converting this car into an electric vehicle? this car has a petrol engine in today. we ll be removing the engine, the gear box, the fuel system, the exhaust system and all the things that make the engine work, and replacing theirs with a brand new electric powertrain.
most dating from the 1960s. john hilton is the technical lead here. he was an aeronautical engineer at rolls royce before moving into formula i. among a long list of accomplishments, he was a technical lead for michael schumacher s 1994 world championship win. what do you actually do? so, you re converting this car into an electric vehicle? from a petrol engine? so, this car has a petrol engine in today. we ll be removing the engine, the gear box, the fuel system, the exhaust system and all the things that make the engine work, and replacing theirs with a brand new electric powertrain. the full renovation of the car takes about 26 weeks, and for rolls royces and bentleys the cost of the work starts at about £350,000. it would be very much more expensive if you want to start with a car like this. much rarer. how much would this car cost to buy? so, the petrol versions of this are regularly going for about 350,000. so 700,000 once you re done?
among a long list of accomplishments, he was a technical lead for michael schumacher s 1994 world championship win. what do you actually do? you re converting this car into an electric vehicle? this car has a petrol engine in today. we ll be removing the engine, the gear box, the fuel system, the exhaust system and all the things that make the engine work, and replacing theirs with a brand new electric powertrain. the full renovation of the car takes about 26 weeks, and for rolls royces and bentleys the cost of the work starts at about £350,000. it would be very much more expensive if you want to start with a car like this. how much would this car cost to buy? the petrol versions of this are regularly going for about 350,000. so 700,000 once you re done? yep. yes, we have a number of other cars here. this is a big rolls royce phantom 5 the bumblebee, as we call it colloquially. they re very rare. in fact, it s the only one i ve ever seen.