Rolls Royce Ghost Goes Eco Friendly

The automotive market is surrounded with news from known companies like BMW, Bentley that they are into the foray of manufacturing Hybrid vehicles.  Competitive brands like Rolls Royce do not wish to be left behind their high end rivals.

Rolls Royce recently announced that their engineers all geared for the 2010 Rolls Royce ghost. Rolls Royce is generally associated with luxury encompassed with resolute styling and old world charm.  They, however feel that this equation added to the Hybrid nature makes a perfect combination.

This new edition will borrow its hybrid technology from BMW’s Active Hybrid 7. The two models share many features in common like the rear drive technology. The 2010 Rolls Royce Ghost will feature a 6.6 liter twin turbocharged V12 engine which will be teamed with an electric motor in a mild hybrid configuration. The engineers have the designed the vehicle in such a way that it will not be able to drive on electric propulsions alone.  The electric motor will generate 27 horsepower and 155 pounds feet of torque.

To improve fuel economy this ghost edition will feature an engine stop start technology. This will offer an improvement of 15% in fuel economy. This edition will also feature 8-speed ZF automatic transmission and will run on a small lithium ion battery pack.

The company has finalized its engineering details but has not yet released its date of launch .Rolls Royce CEO, Tom Purves has revealed last month that they would love to see such an option available in a car like Rolls Royce Phantom.

We will wait for further details till then keep tuned….

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