Evice, a ‘British specialist in heritage remastering’ has created an electric Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow boasting a restomod and 400bhp.
But restomods and, in particular, EV conversions don’t come cheap, and that’s without factoring in the cost of the car to be updated and converted, so to keep the cost at least on the sensible side of ridiculous it’s probably best to convert an unloved classic like the 1970s Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, which you can probably pick up in decent nick for £20k.
We’ve already seen more valuable RRs converted to EVs – like the Phantom 5 and Silver Ghosts from Lunaz – but now Evice, a new ‘British specialist in heritage remastering’, has turned up with their take on a Restomod and EV conversion for the Silver Shadow dubbed ‘XP1’, and a Corniche conversion planned too.
Evice has given the Silver Shadow an 800-volt architecture and fitted a pair of electric motors good for 400bhp powered by a 77kWh battery said to be good for a 200-mile range. And it’ll be a lot quicker than the sedate original.
Sensibly, the Restomod bit includes active suspension and better brakes to keep the RR in one piece, as well as modern touches like heated seats, proper Climate, Posh Sound and infotainment.
Matthew Pearson, Evice CEO, said:
Evice’s mission is to honour the legacy of these classic Rolls-Royce cars with modern engineering and meticulous craftsmanship. Our work with the Corniche and Silver Shadow is about reimagining their timeless elegance while modernising them for greater refinement, performance, and reliability. It’s a ground-up remastering for the modern age that encompasses every detail, from the powertrain and chassis through to interior design, safety, and technology. We like to say that Rolls-Royce cars remastered by Evice are what the factory would have created 60 years ago, had the technology existed.
The first of Evice’s Rolls-Royce EV Restomods will be ready for its new owner in Spring 2026.
Mangraviti says
Electric cars are pathetic and idiotic.
People want these for virtue signalling.
Batteries charge “quickly” only from 20% to 80%. The outstanding 40% that charges slower takes HOURS.
The range in an electric is laughable too. The “claimed” range by manufacturers depend on the weather, condition of the road, driving style and many other factors that only people who read the small print know.
What about charging points? One fifth of the charges in the UK don’t work. The other four fifths are either too far from your location or they are being used by somebody else.
Oh, and the source of the “clean electric” these morons think they are using? It can be BURNING coal, it can be generating un-recycled NUCLEAR WASTE or, if you are really, really stupid, you can believe that it is coming from the beautiful wind farms that destroy the habitat of MILLIONS of species. If it’s on land, it will kill thousands of birds. If it is in the sea, it will disturb the marine life to the point of whales getting lost and dying because of the vibrations they make in the water. Not to mention that the wind turbines have a lifespan of 20 years if you’re lucky. Then it’s all waste.
Electric cars will only make any sense when we come up with nuclear fusion. Till then, it’s merely a luxury for people that want to scream they are saving the planet in their expensive electric cars.
There are much greener alternatives to electric, such as biodiesel and ethanol. In Brazil, HALF of the fuel used by cars is ethanol. That comes from sugar cane that needs CO2 to grow. It is a very simple “carbon sequestration” process. The CO2 generated by engines is EXACTLY the amount of CO2 needed by the plants.
Peter says
I loved my silver shadow 2 and convertingvto electric is a great way forward for them