Rolls Royce
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Rolls-Royce's Boat Tail was a standout of the 2021 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. The $28 million masterpiece even became the world's most expensive new car. Rolls has followed up with Boat Tail II, a whisky-tinged cigar of a car inspired by pearls.
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Engineers began putting Rolls-Royce's Power Generation System 1 through its paces a few weeks ago, and are already celebrating a notable milestone, with the system delivering more than a megawatt of power for the first time.
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Rolls-Royce North America has been tapped to build the replacement jet engines for the venerable Cold War-era B-52 Stratofortress nuclear heavy bomber, with the company's F-130 turbofan engine to power the giant aircraft for the next three decades.
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Rolls-Royce's high-speed, all-electric Spirit of Innovation aircraft has flown for the first time. On September 15, the speedster prop plane took off from the UK Ministry of Defence’s Boscombe Down site fora 15-minute flight.
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In addition to crowning a new Best of Show at the world’s most important Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach, two of the last three Peninsula Classics Best of the Best winners were there, plus 38 former Pebble Beach winning cars.
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As part of its goal to reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, Rolls-Royce has begun testing 100-percent Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in a small commercial business jet, which could lead to lifecycle emissions reductions of over 75 percent.
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Rolls-Royce and the UK Space Agency study the potential for nuclear energy to be used in space exploration. The first contract between the two, the project will examine how nuclear energy can both power spacecraft and be used for deep-space propulsion.
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Fretting over a gift for that ultra-posh jerk who has it all but will nonetheless berate you for coming up short? Fret no more; Rolls-Royce has you covered with the new "Pursuit Seat," a portable stool unconscionably jacked up to nearly $9,000.
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Rolls-Royce has pledged the new Ghost to a doctrine of "post-opulence," prioritizing substance over flashy style. But it's still got shooting stars in the ceiling, which is also a subwoofer, as well as the company's latest "planar" suspension system.
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The companies building the UK's Tempest sixth-generation fighter aircraft have revealed some of the technological concepts that it will incorporate, including a radar system designed to handle as much data per second as a city.
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Last year, we heard how Rolls-Royce was developing what it claims will be the world's fastest electric airplane, the ACCEL. Now, the company has announced that it has completed ground testing of the technology that will be used in the aircraft.
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In the midst of a global pandemic the success of Gooding & Company’s “Passion of a Lifetime” auction on the weekend seems like a miracle. Eight cars topped US$1 million and $45,231,210.76 was realized in just 90 minutes … at just over $500,000 a minute.
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