Rolls-Royce Spectre Clears 1.2 Million Miles Of Testing

In preparation for production, the all-electricRolls-Royce Spectrehas crossedits testing program's 2 million kilometers (1.2 million miles) mark.

Currently, Rolls-Royce has the luxury coupe in South Africa for hot weather testing where temperatures are reaching over 120 degrees. The two locations the brand are using are Augrabies in the Northern Cape and Franschhoek, the "French Corner" in the Western Cape Winelands.

The process for testing with Rolls-Royce is, understandably, meticulous and is in the later stages, where the engineers are refining every system, hardware item, and software protocol developed for the new car. According to Rolls-Royce, it's at the "marginal gains" stage where the cumulation of minor and incremental adjustments produces a significant overall improvement.

Rolls-Royce is, of course, being grandiose about its process. "The reason for our extraordinary and restless global testing process is simple: there hasnever been a motor car like Spectre before," says Dr. Mihiar Ayoubi, Director of Engineering. "As the first all-electric Rolls-Royce, Spectre represents not just a new paradigm in our technology but the entire future direction of our brand. Only Rolls-Royce engineers could conceive this astonishing journey, and only Rolls-Royce engineers could undertake it: the task is not to test a motor car but to elevate the benchmark of automotive excellence."

宏伟的,但有真理re. Rolls-Royce has already put 1500 hours into finessing the car's regenerative braking to ensure it "feels effortless but present." According to Rolls-Royce, the car has 25,000 separate performance-related functions to refine.