If the word out of Goodwood is true, Rolls-Royce owners won't have shut off their engines so you can hear them ask for Grey Poupon because they won't have engines, just blissfully silent electric motors.
That's right. Rolls Royce, a marque second only to Hummer for being synonymous with conspicuous consumption, wants to go green. Company CEO Tom Purves says he'd like to build an electric version of the Phantom using pretty much the same technology BMW, which owns Rolls, is putting into the Mini EV it recently rolled out.
The funny thing is, an electric Rolls makes a lot of sense.
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