replacement. If a fault occurs, the system enters a safe mode, requiring more force applied to brakes but still meeting legal safety standards. This recall affects 1.53 million vehicles produced between June 2022 and August 2024, including BMW X models (excluding X3/X4), 5 and 7 Series, Rolls Royce Spectre, MINI Cooper, and Countryman. The issue impacted various markets include 370,000 vehicles in China, 270,000 vehicles in US, and 150,000 vehicl...

News  Updated at: 2024/09/12

Rolls-Royce Spectre concludes global testing program with lifestyle analysis On June 9, Rolls-Royce announced that it has successfully completed the testing program for all-electric super coupé, Spectre. The program involved simulating over 400 years of usage by covering a distance of 2.5 million km, facing extreme temperatures ranging from -40°C to +50°C and various challenging conditions, including Arctic snow, deserts, high mountain passes,...

News  Updated at: 2023/06/12

Audi exhibits models such as the A6 Avant e-tron concept luxury battery electric station wagon and the Q5 e-tron. Porsche debuts the new Cayenne globally and the Vision 357 concept vehicle in China. BMW participates in the event with fully electrified models, exhibits models such as the Rolls Royce Spectre battery electric coupe, the MINI Concept Aceman concept crossover vehicle, and the iX5 Hydrogen hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, and globally debut...

News  Updated at: 2023/04/20

Auto Shanghai 2023: Rolls-Royce presents Rolls-Royce Spectre On April 18, Rolls-Royce announced the Chinese premier of the world’s first ultra-luxury electric super coupé, Spectre at Auto Shanghai 2023. Auto Shanghai marks the premiere of Spectre’s exquisite Canadel doors: the interior panel is crafted from a single sheet of wood. Rolls-Royce also presented Rolls-Royce Phantom, super-luxury SUV Black Badge Cullinan, and Rolls-Royce Ghost at...

News  Updated at: 2023/04/19

Auto Shanghai 2023: BMW to exhibit luxury new energy product lineups of four major sub-brands On March 31, BMW Group announced that it will participate in the Auto Shanghai 2023 with luxury new energy product lineups of the four major sub-brands of Rolls Royce, BMW, MINI and Motorrad for the first time. At that time, Rolls Royce’s Spectre battery electric vehicle, two concept vehicles of BMW’s “i” brand, and the MINI Concept Aceman concep...

News  Updated at: 2023/04/06

test center in the Wackersdorf plant in the coming months. In the future, doors for luxury models from Rolls-Royce will come exclusively from this plant.The new body construction area required for this will be prepared in 2023, and from 2024 the door production systems for the Rolls-Royce Ghost and Spectre will be set up and put into operation.From 2025, the BMW Group will carry out extensive tests on storage systems, battery modules, and electri...

News  Updated at: 2023/01/19

Rolls-Royce debuts first fully-electric car – Spectre On October 18, Rolls-Royce unveiled its first fully electric car Spectre.Vehicle length is 5,453 mm, width 2,080 mm, height 1,559 mm, and Wheelbase 3,210 mm.Based on all-aluminium Architecture of Luxury, Spectre offers 430 kW and 900 Nm of torque. It is expected to have an all-electric range of 320 miles/520 kilometers WLTP and is anticipated to achieve 0-60mph in 4.4 seconds. The extruded a...

News  Updated at: 2022/10/19

lly-electric models, the BMW i7 and the BMW iX1. The all-electric MINI Cooper SE is also reporting strong growth. It is therefore on track to double its sales of fully-electric vehicles for the year 2022. 2023 will bring further models, including the BMW i5 and the pure battery-electric Rolls-Royce Spectre, which will celebrate its world premiere in October. The BMW Group intends to have more than two million fully-electric vehicles on the roads ...

News  Updated at: 2022/10/10

Rolls Royce conducts 2.5-million-kilometer test program for Spectre EV On July 28, Rolls-Royce announced that Electric Super Coupé Spectre will undergo the most demanding testing program ever conceived by the marque, spanning 2.5 million kilometers in the French Riviera, simulating on average more than 400 years of use for a Rolls-Royce.  The French Riviera and its roads present a perfect combination of the types of conditions that will be dema...

News  Updated at: 2022/07/29

2030. Over the next year, the BMW Group will expand its electrified product line-up to include fully-electric versions of the BMW 7 Series and BMW X1. The high-volume BMW 5 Series will be added to the electric portfolio in 2023. The successor to the MINI Countryman and the all-electric Rolls-Royce Spectre will follow. Over the next ten years or so, the BMW Group plans to release a total of about ten million fully-electric vehicles onto the roads...

News  Updated at: 2021/12/08

LMC Automotive blog: North American production, no treats, just tricks This upcoming Halloween weekend will be characterised by the usual sugary treats, but the prospects for the North American automotive industry are far from sweet. Although the first pandemic-related closure in North America was over nineteen months ago, the spectre of the pandemic continues to cast a shadow over the automotive industry. Shortages – particularly of workers an...

News  Updated at: 2021/11/02

Rolls-Royce announces its first fully electric car On September 29, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announced that on-road testing of its first fully electric motor car is imminent. It will be available for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2023.Rolls-Royce's first fully electric car is named as ‘Spectre’. In the testing Rolls-Royce will cover 2.5 million kilometres – a simulation of more than 400 years of use for a Rolls-Royce, on average. With thi...

News  Updated at: 2021/09/30

which has caused international investment to stall and cost UK operations hundreds of millions of pounds, money that would have better been spent in meeting the technological challenges facing the global industry. A general election may ultimately provide some certainty, but does not yet remove the spectre of no deal which will continue to inhibit the UK industry’s prospects unless we can agree and implement a new, ambitious and permanent relat...

News  Updated at: 2019/11/05