Living in the Chicago area is a great place to be for electric vehicles, smack dab in the middle of the country and access to a major international city for interesting EV events and startups. There is Argonne National Lab, many Tesla Motors stores in the area and pretty decent charging infrastructure.
Earlier this year, we documented Chicago-based Gino Bernardi and his Model S Limousine service company, wattsonwheels.com. It was a great interview on how he started this company and some of his electric adventures in the Chicago area.
Another Chicago-based Tesla limo service, called e-Motion Chicago, chauffeurs professionals and other business clientele around the city, and offers something I’ve never seen before: a convoy service.
The site describes this convoy service “for that very special occasion, you can appoint up to four Teslas equipped with our highly trained drivers.”
Here’s an example of Lelani Munter, electric vehicle proponent, arriving at a sporting event via e-Motion.