The electric-powered Nissan Leaf's
struggles to find buyers in the United States has been well covered;
Nissan thinks it can still sell 20,000 this year, even though it's sales
totaled 2,613 through May. Fortunately, there may be new market
opportunities for the Leaf, thanks to a Missouri firm's brainstorm of
building the first Leaf limousine. Styling, meet profiling.
Spotted by Electric Vehicle News, the conversion was handled by Imperial Coach Builders of Springfield, Mo., a professional limousine builder whose output generally trends toward the stretched Escalade/Hummer/Chrysler 300C
range. One can only watch so many Hollywood awards ceremonies with
stars arriving in hybrids and stumpy electric cars before wondering if
there isn't a better way. As the video below shows, the conversion adds
an extra set of seats and some amenities to the Leaf without changing
its basic character, although I'm not sure Nissan wants to know how the
builders extended the power connections between battery pack and motor.
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