rollsroyce plans to swap its trademark highpowered gasoline engines for a fullyelectric lineup beginning with its first ev model set to hit the market next year over the next seven years the bmwowned bmw british luxury brand will shift rapidly away from gasoline propulsion toward the “full electrification of our entire product portfolio by 2030” said rollsroyce ceo torsten mullerotvos in a statement “by then rollsroyce will no longer be in the business of producing or selling any internal combustion engine products” he said that target puts rollsroyce in line with former sibling bentley which is now owned by volkswagen vwagy and has also said it will drop gasoline power by 2030 it’s worth noting rollsroyce the car manufacturer and rollsroyce the aviation engine builder rllcf  have been separate entities for 50 years rollsroyce’s automotive operations have long been known for strong gasoline engines which the company markets as providing “adequate” power for decades rollsroyce did not officially quote power output motivation is generally not a problem for electric cars and neither is silent operation another rollsroyce virtue also read how to customorder a car from the factory the first electric rollsroyce is currently under development using the name spectre the camouflaged development car is a 2door coupe appearing to be a deadringer for the current wraith the automaker did not release any specifications for its upcoming electric powertrain however