1929 Rolls-Royce: Jason Momoa now drives one of the oldest electric cars in the world

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1929 Rolls-Royce: “Game of Thrones” star Jason Momoa now drives one of the oldest electric cars in the world.

Jason Momoa lives in two worlds: On the one hand, he is a big fan of old cars, on the other hand, he cares about the environment. The result: He recently converted an old Rolls-Royce into an electric car.

When you see Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa in or on a car, it’s usually a vintage model that was created at a time when people’s environmental awareness was growing, to say the least. “I have a truck – gasoline and oil,” he explains in the trailer for the sixth episode of his new HBO series “On the Road”.

But now he wants to improve his ecological balance with a project – and he converted an old Rolls-Royce Phantom II. The 7.7-liter inline six-cylinder engine had to make way for an electric motor and battery. “It was already very quiet,” Momoa consoles himself about saying goodbye to the combustion engine.

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A British company took over the repair Electrogenic. It says: “Rolls Royce Phantom II was a great success of the 40/50 hp series. It had a reduced frame to improve handling, power assistance when breaking over 20 km / h and a central lubrication system. Tappet 7.7 Liter OHV engine it gave the car relatively good performance, and balancing in third and fourth gears made driving at high speeds easy.”

Jason Momoa’s Rolls-Royce now has 200 hp

Jason Momoa apparently already bought the car with the intention of changing it. Instead of a tank, the car now relies on a 93 kilowatt-hour battery. According to Electrogenic, this was adapted specifically for the body of the car and did not require any changes to the original design of the car. The team chose an engine with about 200 hp (150 kilowatts) as the drive, quadrupling the original output. The range should be around 240 km.

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The car is charged via a CCS fast charging port, and there are also limited digital displays and a modern audio system.

When it comes to electronics, Electrogenic didn’t just fill the engine compartment vacated with cables. “The result is a combination of high-quality computer-aided visualization and laser-cut precision with handcrafted panels, 1060 hand-pressed rivets and a hand-finished glossy finish,” it says.

Rolls-Royce would probably want to build cars that way back then

The assumption that company founder Henry Royce would have built a car like this himself in 1929 if the technology had been available at the time is not at all wrong. In an interview with bright Rolls-Royce recently explained that founder Charles Rolls – not Henry Royce – was playing with electric drives at the time. Last but not least, that is why there is now a Rolls-Royce Spectre.

However, when it came to the Phantom II from 1929, the mechanics faced several challenges. Not only was maintaining and replacing the old car’s lubrication system a challenge, but also “redesigning the original cable-controlled brake system to work seamlessly with the updated EV architecture,” explain the experts.

Not surprisingly, Electrogenic concludes that the Phantom II now drives like a better version of itself. At least when it comes to the new system of standing and performance, no one will refuse.