On December 16, foreign media electronek reported that the New York police in the United States are considering a full switch to electric vehicles, and have planned to purchase up to 250 Tesla Model 3s.
Tesla's cars have not only attracted a lot of consumer attention, but also attracted the interest of many car rental companies and even related departments, after the Tesla Model S was equipped in the fleet of the Fremont police in California.
The NYPD is the largest in the U.S., and the NYPD held a hearing earlier Thursday that eventually they planned to purchase up to 250 Model 3s, planning to pay up to $51,940 per Model 3, at which 250 cars would cost more than $12 million (about 76.56 million yuan).
At present, Tesla Model 3 has three versions in the United States, namely the rear-wheel drive version, the dual-motor all-wheel drive long-endurance version and the high-performance version, and the price before subsidies is $44990, $50990 and $58990, respectively. Xiao Lei believes that the New York police are more likely to allocate this money flexibly, and part of the money will be used to buy the basic rear-wheel drive version of the Model 3, which can be mainly used for daily patrols, and part of the cost can be used to buy a high-performance version.
The rear-drive model 3 has an acceleration time of 5.8 seconds from 0 to 60 miles, which is not very top-notch, but because most of the cars on the road are currently fuel vehicles, there are not many fuel vehicles that have achieved this achievement. The rear-drive version of Model 3 can also chase after ordinary criminals while completing daily patrols, and can also complete some blocking work, while the high-performance version of Model 3 can be used to chase and intercept some important criminals.
It is understood that this can save the police force huge fuel costs, the cost of tram use is much lower, and it can also complete some of the goals of energy conservation and emission reduction and environmental protection. In addition to replacing fuel vehicles with electric vehicles, New York City will add a series of investments to save energy and reduce emissions.
After the New York police are equipped with a high-performance Model 3, it will undoubtedly increase the deterrent power of criminals, at least the cost of crime will rise. Before committing a crime, criminals must also consider whether their cars can run through police vehicles.