MyCar luxury electric vehicle chauffeur service
Want to take a spin in a Tesla? South Australia’s first zero-emissions chauffeur service, myCar, launched in Adelaide yesterday – but as a luxury service, it won’t be cheap.
myCar will be utilising a network of 40 new EV charging stations, including Tesla superchargers, being rolled out by Adelaide City Council.
The company’s fleet is comprised of several different makes and models – the Mercedes S500 PHEV, Tesla X and S, and Lexus hybrid vehicles.
As an example of pricing, a trip from Adelaide Airport to Rundle Mall (~17 minutes) in a Tesla will cost around $75 according to myCar’s instant quote tool. A standard taxi or UberX fare is approximately $19-25 and an UberBLACK trip costs $33-42.
It may seem to be a service solely for the well-to-do wanting to burn cash rather than fossil fuels, but myCar founder Mark Harrington sees his company as having a positive impact in promoting electric vehicle technology.
“The availability of these cars will help demonstrate the functionality of electric cars to those corporate decision makers looking to upgrade their fleet to low-emissions vehicles, for their environmental benefits and to save on fuel costs,” said Mr. Harrington.
Environment Minister Ian Hunter also says the service will spark the uptake of low emissions vehicles.
“This is an excellent example of a new business that is seizing the opportunity that Adelaide is creating by paving the way for environment-friendly electric vehicles,” stated Minister Hunter. “It is exciting that entrepreneurs are stepping up to help us achieve our ambitions of making Adelaide the worlds’ first carbon-neutral city.”
Lord Mayor of the City of Adelaide Martin Haese also congratulated myCar on its launch and noted the company was a founding partner of Carbon Neutral Adelaide.
The myCar web site states all its drivers have passed police working with children checks and hold current medical and eyesight certificates
The EV scene is starting to gain steam in Australia and Adelaide will be a hotspot of activity. On a related note, last month it was announced France’s Navya, which manufactures autonomous electric vehicles, looks set establish a manufacturing facility in Adelaide.
SQ’s intrepid blogger Ronald has published a couple of interesting posts on EV’s in recent weeks:
- How many solar panels do you need to charge an electric car?
- Electric vehicles will roll over the competition
The rise of the EV is one of the reasons it will increasingly make sense to fill your roof with solar panels.
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