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New York: Spent $78 million on 250 Tesla police cars

Recently, the Kaohsiung City Police Department has just completed the delivery ceremony of 108 TOYOTA CAMRY, which has triggered a heated discussion among domestic car fans, and the New York City Police Department in the United States is also going to buy 250 Tesla Model 3s, which is expected to cost 12.3 million yuan (about 78 million yuan), with an average cost of about 51,940 yuan (about 330,000 yuan) per unit.

New York: Spent $78 million on 250 Tesla police cars

▲ Tesla Model 3 has a total of three models, namely the standard version, Long Range and Performance, of which the Long Range's endurance is the most favored by the police.

According to Bloomberg, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) is considering buying 250 Tesla Model 3s to join the fleet, which is part of New York City's plan to transform electric vehicles, not only for environmental protection, but more importantly, to save taxes and fuel, but the deal has not yet been clarified and is still under discussion.

It is understood that the model in the NYPD photo is the Long Range version, which is equipped with an 82kWh battery pack, the mileage reaches 614 kilometers, and at the same time, through the dual motor four-wheel drive setting, 0-100 km/h acceleration takes only 4.4 seconds, and the speed reaches 233 km/h. Equipped, each car is equipped with a 19-inch sports rim, panoramic sunroof, Autopilot automatic driver assistance, as to whether "fully automatic assisted driving" is included in it is not known.

New York: Spent $78 million on 250 Tesla police cars

The long-endurance feature of the Model 3 Long Range not only saves fuel costs during service, but also greatly extends patrol time, and is expected to save about US$8,500 in fuel costs within five years, which is one of the incentives for the New York Police Department to consider buying electric vehicles.

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