Limo Leaf!

[djchrispaul]

Interesting!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/4398362/Worlds-first-electric-limo.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[adric22]

Can we all say "Photoshop" ??

 

[asinclair]

http://www.plugincars.com/worlds-only-nissan-leaf-limousine-makes-grand-debut-122396.html

I believe this is the limo they were talking about in that Sun article...Although sadly, no Page 3 Girls at plugincars.com...

 

[videographer]

That is truly one of the worst Photoshop jobs I have ever seen in a newspaper, at least short of the Weekly World News.

 

[LTLFTcomposite]

The original pics may have been photoshopped, but that video wasn't fake.

http://www.limoland.com/electric-conversions.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

With recent nanotechnology improvements driving significant Li-Ion battery improvements, we expect to see a 5 times improvement in range (up to 500 miles) using a battery pack of the same size, cost, and weight within the next three to five years.

I'm glad somebody does :lol:

 

[cwerdna]

A friend of mine forwarded this to me: http://jalopnik.com/5927093/this-stretched-nissan-leaf-ev-is-perfect-for-limousine-liberals" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjFmM5nLmag&feature=player_embedded" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

 

[LEAFer]

A friend of mine forwarded this to me: http://jalopnik.com/5927093/this-stretched-nissan-leaf-ev-is-perfect-for-limousine-liberals" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjFmM5nLmag&feature=player_embedded" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

Nice ... too bad though that they didn't choose an SL with QC. ( And I would think the driver would benfit from a backup camera too ... )

 

[ebill3]

And the next candidate is the Tesla Model S? That ought to be really something.

 

[Nubo]

Lol, I guess it was inevitable. It's just about big enough to where the "cover it with solar panels" idea might have some merit :lol:

 

[DANandNAN]

A friend of mine forwarded this to me: http://jalopnik.com/5927093/this-stretched-nissan-leaf-ev-is-perfect-for-limousine-liberals" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjFmM5nLmag&feature=player_embedded" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

Nice ... too bad though that they didn't choose an SL with QC. ( And I would think the driver would benfit from a backup camera too ... )

A "QC" port for a car that travels 5 miles before returning? :lol:

I do like the limo idea. Manufacturers need to get SUV, minivan or even a cute-ute EV out there. And, yes, I know about the RAV4 (Tesla) compliance EV.

 

[LEAFer]

Nice ... too bad though that they didn't choose an SL with QC. ( And I would think the driver would benfit from a backup camera too ... )

A "QC" port for a car that travels 5 miles before returning? :lol:

He may do multiple trips in a day (not getting 5 m/kWh in THAT limo) ... and if he ever takes a group for a longer ride ... he's then suddenly "stuck" on L2 at 3.3kW.

 

[cwerdna]

A friend of mine forwarded this to me: http://jalopnik.com/5927093/this-stretched-nissan-leaf-ev-is-perfect-for-limousine-liberals" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjFmM5nLmag&feature=player_embedded" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

Nice ... too bad though that they didn't choose an SL with QC. ( And I would think the driver would benfit from a backup camera too ... )

Yeah. I noticed that too. No QC port. Unclear if it was an SV or '11 SL w/o QC.

 

[DANandNAN]

Nice ... too bad though that they didn't choose an SL with QC. ( And I would think the driver would benfit from a backup camera too ... )

A "QC" port for a car that travels 5 miles before returning? :lol:

He may do multiple trips in a day (not getting 5 m/kWh in THAT limo) ... and if he ever takes a group for a longer ride ... he's then suddenly "stuck" on L2 at 3.3kW.

:? But, if he had L3, the group would be fine with a longer ride with a max speed of around 35MPH? Nope, its' a city limo, just as the Leaf is a city vehicle. Limitations are limitations. Equipping a Leaf with L3 doesn't remove a limitation, it's just a Band-Aide.

 

[LEAFer]

A "QC" port for a car that travels 5 miles before returning? :lol:

He may do multiple trips in a day (not getting 5 m/kWh in THAT limo) ... and if he ever takes a group for a longer ride ... he's then suddenly "stuck" on L2 at 3.3kW.

:? But, if he had L3, the group would be fine with a longer ride with a max speed of around 35MPH? Nope, its' a city limo, just as the Leaf is a city vehicle. Limitations are limitations. Equipping a Leaf with L3 doesn't remove a limitation, it's just a Band-Aide.

I guess we are talking "past each other" ... by "longer ride" I mean more than the 5 miles (they used and you re-used). Perhaps 30-50 miles. Once having done that, as a driver, I would want the option to re-charge again QUICKLY so that I don't end up losing the next customer due to the L2 wait time. Sure, it's not a 200-400 mile a day Taxi service (although -- think about it -- with QC it could be ! ... except that would be bad for the battery), it's definitely for shorter distances. And yet, if I was in charge, and approved the expenditures to convert a LEAF ( I am sure it was NOT cheap ... looks like a quality job ), then I would have also opted for the QC (and backup camera if not yet so equipped) version. If a QC station is not available nearby now (too expensive to add to the LEAF limo conversion budget), at least I would not limit myself to 3.3kW-only in the future when one does pop-up.

 

[ENIAC]

The white limo is up for bid on Ebay. $50K reserve or $57K buy it now.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2012-Nissan-Leaf-Limousine-1st-Electric-Limo-Ever-Built-/140874447046?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item20ccc578c6

 

[cwerdna]

The white limo is up for bid on Ebay. $50K reserve or $57K buy it now.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2012-Nissan-Leaf-Limousine-1st-Electric-Limo-Ever-Built-/140874447046?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item20ccc578c6

Weird. What happened? :?

It's in OK now instead of TN and it's only got 1700 miles? Maybe they found it couldn't perform limo duties due to the L2 charging time and how quickly the battery runs down?

 

[EdmondLeaf]

still in TN, but seller lives in OK(C)

 

[LTLFTcomposite]

Figure with the conversion the range cut to 50 miles max you could do safely. Now let's say the limo driver has to go 10 miles to pick up the customers, you're left with 15 miles max you could take them and reverse to get them back home. Pretty limiting.
Should be good to flatbed it around for things like Oscar night.

 

[EricBayArea]

I just saw a Nissan LEAF limo driving around downtown Walnut Creek, CA this evening. It had decals for the Marriott and Starbucks and it made laps of downtown. I couldn't get a good shot of it with my phone, but it looked exactly like this:

from this article
and this video

It's too bad that they did not add a second battery pack though