The
electric automobile industry has been booming in the past couple of years and
now has begun to reach the limousine business. A few elite limousine companies have begun to invest in
electric limos.
The
electric limo is unlike a typical hybrid vehicle, which use gasoline as fuel
matched with a battery and motor to run more efficiently. However, an electric
car is solely powered by electricity. Research shows that gasoline powered
vehicles only harm the environment and this concern has reached limousine
companies.
The
electric limo is a spin off of a regular electric car. The limo is of a Nissan
Leaf electric sedan, but reinvented. It has been extended to be turned into a
limousine. The frame has been broadened to create room to hold more people. The
benefits of an electric limo are clear; the concern now is time. With an
average limo driving six hours a day, vastly more on the weekends, the time to
charge the car may become a hassle when reservations are booked all day. The
Nissan Leaf electric car has a 12-volt battery charger, which can recharge the
vehicle within 30 minutes.
Chicago Limo Services have already become interested in electric cars. Many big cities
in the U.S. have gas consumption rules in order to stay legal on the road. The
average miles range is one hundred on the battery life. In the near future,
electric car companies foresee an increase in the hundred-mile range with new
technology emerging.
Companies
such as Elite Chicago Limo have begun looking into the charging procedures and the
charge station locations. An
another added benefit is the initial tax savings that not only limo companies
may receive, but all electric cars. Most states give an average of $10,000
sales tax credit over the lifetime of the electric car.
Will
the future hold all electric cars on the highway with charging stations at
every exit? Who knows how many limousine companies, or even taxi companies,
will jump on this new trend. One thing is for certain, the benefits are clear
and people are excited about this emerging technology on the roads.
