Overview
- Prototypes were sighted and Rolls‑Royce has begun a multinational testing program that totals about 350 collective weeks across Southern Europe, the Arctic Circle and Arabian deserts.
- Engineers will subject key parts to staged torture tests, including cycling the split, cantilever‑opening 'Piano Boot' 15,000 times and operating the folding roof at temperatures up to 80°C to validate long‑term reliability.
- The car has already undergone more than 1,430 hours of aerodynamic modelling and will undertake private high‑speed runs up to 155 mph to measure refinement and wind‑noise performance.
- Project Nightingale is a 100‑unit, invitation‑only coachbuilt EV that Rolls‑Royce will hand‑build at Goodwood with deliveries scheduled to start in 2028.
- The programme signals Rolls‑Royce’s effort to marry traditional Goodwood craftsmanship with modern electric engineering and sets a high benchmark for how ultra‑luxury coachbuilt EVs will be validated for real‑world use.