On Friday, President Obama held a town hall meeting in North Carolina where among other things, energy and transportation issues were discussed. He received an interested question from an audience member about the President’s limousines:

The audience member asked if there were plans to utilize hybrid or battery technologies in the President’s limousines. President Obama responded that a hybrid limousine wouldn’t be feasible in his case because the vehicles are two to three times heavier than a regular limousine with the protections and reinforcements. The heavier the vehicle, the bigger the battery would need to be to provide the power to move the vehicle, similar to why we probably wont see heavy duty trucks powered by batteries anytime soon. Raises an interesting question though – if the goal is to have a greener fleet, why not convert the Presidential limousines to run on clean, American natural gas?

You can ask the White House yourself here. I just did.

In fact, there are several limousine companies across the country add green CNG-powered vehicles to their fleets. For example, all limousines at the new City Center in Las Vegas run on… you guessed it – natural gas. You can read about them here.

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