With the rapid development of electric vehicles, many functional departments have begun to switch to EV pure electric models, which is especially true in the United States, but now the US police department will face the problem of choosing the brand and model of police cars.
As shown in the film and television drama, most police stations still use Ford's large-sizeD SUVs, the most common of which are explorers, including other models.
In recent years, the emergence of electric vehicles and low cost of use have given them more choices, some national city police forces want to achieve the goal of green environmental protection and switch to electric vehicles, but encountered resistance from the front-line police, many front-line American police believe that Tesla is not suitable as a police patrol car, the reason is "very bad".
For example, the Spokane city government and the police department in the United States have a big disagreement about the future direction of the police car fleet.
It is understood that the city of Spokane plans to buy 64 cars this year, including Tesla, and the municipal government vigorously promotes Tesla as a police patrol car, but it is strongly opposed by the municipal police department.
Michael McNab, senior chief of the police department, said: "Tesla is not a suitable police car, they are too small, they are not designed for police work. ”
The police's reason for rejecting Tesla was simple and straightforward, because they were too small.
Spokane police also claimed that spitting on Tesla does not mean that they do not want to accept anything efficient, they currently prefer to use a hybrid version of the Ford Explorer as a patrol car, which also has cost considerations.
The person in charge claimed that the cost of fully equipping Tesla as a patrol car is about $30,000, which does not include the cost of buying a vehicle, while the cost of using a Kia K8 hybrid is only about $8,000 to $15,000, which is too expensive for Tesla in comparison. (Fast Technology)