美国东部时间2023 年 6 月 16 日上午5:37

作者：尤利安德尼斯特兰

据Autocar援引豪华汽车品牌首席执行官 Torsten 的话说，一旦技术足够成熟并且可以扩展以满足其需求，劳斯莱斯正在考虑放弃全电动动力总成，转而为其未来的零排放车型采用燃料电池技术Müller-Ötvös。

原文：

Rolls-Royce Considering Switching From BEV To Hydrogen For Future Models

The luxury carmaker’s CEO rules out hydrogen combustion, but fuel cells are on the table.

Jun 16, 2023 at 5:37am ET

By: Iulian Dnistran

Rolls-Royce is considering ditching all-electric powertrains in favor of fuel cell technology for its future zero-emissions models once the technology is mature enough and can be scaled to meet its demands, according to Autocar, quoting the luxury car brand’s CEO, Torsten Müller-Ötvös.

The statement comes after the debut of the Spectre, the company’s first-ever series-production battery electric vehicle (BEV), which is powered by a massive 120-kilowatt-hour battery that can enable a driving range of over 300 miles (482 kilometers) and can charge at up to 195 kilowatts.

But even as Rolls-Royce transitions from silky-smooth gasoline-powered V12 engines to electric motors getting juice from huge battery packs, the company’s CEO says hydrogen fuel cell technology is considered a possible alternative for future models and one that could work well with the niche use case of the average Rolls-Royce user.

Hydrogen-powered combustion engines are out of the question, though, as Müller-Ötvös thinks it’s not the most efficient way to use the chemical element, recalling what parent company BMW trialed in the early 2000s with a specially engineered 7 Series.

But there’s a potential problem that may stop the British luxury brand from going forward with this approach.

As always, we’d like to know what you think about this, so head over to the comments section below to give us your thoughts.

Source: Autocar