The Elegant Project Nightingale Is Rolls-Royce's First Coachbuilt EV
Rolls-Royce has revealed its first coachbuilt EV. This is the Project Nightingale, the first vehicle in the luxury brand's new Coachbuild Collection program, although it follows other special cars like the Droptail and Boat Tail. The Project Nightingale arrives with elegant bodywork and an electric powertrain, with production limited to just 100 units.
The Project Nightingale is named for Le Rossignol, which means "the nightingale" in French and was also the name bestowed upon a house on co-founder Henry Royce's winter property on the French Riviera, where designers and engineers lived while working at a studio on the estate. Rolls-Royce says the car is also inspired by the 16EX and 17EX, two prototypes from the 1920s that wore lightweight aluminum bodies and were designed to surpass 90 mph, an impressive feat for the time..
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