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After the luxury car builders from Germany Audi and Mercedes Benz unveiled their [electric super car concepts->ar79119] at the Frankfurt Motor show, it looks like the luxury super car builder [Rolls Royce->ke74] is planning a shocking ride of their own. Apparently back at the Goodwood revival a spokesman for the classic English brand turned German owned coachbuilder has been toying around with the idea of a battery powered [Rolls Royce Phantom->ke1283]. The Phantom is one of the unique cars that could actually see some weight savings by replacing the rather large gas burning V12 power plant with a lithium ion battery pack, not that the bulky electric motors would make much of a difference to the current luxury sedan’s nearly three ton curb weight.