i wonder how long they can maintain hot pursuit...
I’d hate to see whole fleet of EV police cars. But I can see having one or two for times stealth is needed.
Yeah, I notice it doesn’t mention range, and any range figure would drop dramatically for “non-ideal” conditions/speeds.
“i wonder how long they can maintain hot pursuit...”
It is a special purpose vehicle, not intended for pursuits ...
“i wonder how long they can maintain hot pursuit...”
They are likely for progressive towns to buy and virtue signal with during parades.
Anyone being pursued knows they are a one shot and done joke.
Will be just perfect for LA Freeway chases.
Interesting. But I see these as not being normal vehicles
that would be used by squads doing actual activities that
don’t usually include pursuit. More like staff, upper level
officers, etc. But in time they may become patrol vehicles.
From what I have read I would guess about fifty miles.
In summer, on flat ground.
Not just that but cops usually work 12 hour shifts. 6am to 6pm and then 6pm to 6am.
Will it last for the 12 hours?
Will it recharge in 12 hours?
Will they need twice as many vehicles since they can’t be run for two consecutive shifts?
Will they last as many years/miles as ICE engine vehicles?
Taxi cabs are allowed to run 400k miles. I’ve got an F150 with 285k miles on it.
I paid $1500 for my truck, did some repairs, we’ll call it $1k worth, and have been running it for 5 years and it will likely go another 5 years. That’s $250/yr to keep myself in a full size 4x4 truck that runs and drives good and will haul 6-7,000 lbs on a trailer for hundreds of miles. I do all my own repairs on all my vehicles.
This push for EVs is just a way to prevent poor people from being able to drive.
Local city council’s are forbidding hot pursuit so that takes care of that problem.