Not to mention this icon among lawmen.
Posted on 09/26/2019 3:43:45 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
A San Francisco-area police department says it still has full faith in a pilot program to use a Tesla electric patrol car, even though the vehicle reportedly ran low on power last week during a pursuit.
The East Bay Times newspaper reported that a Fremont police officer in the Tesla Model S, which the department bought in March, became involved in a police pursuit Friday but radioed dispatch to say that the electric vehicle warned that it had only 6 miles of battery life left and that he may not be able to continue in the chase.
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Just as well if they caught the perp they would have to let him go anyway
It is all really a giant joke
Yep. Cars that cost twice as much and have a limited range.
Why would police officers of all people, want a car with such limitations? Who the hell signed off on this?
I doubt it was the decision of the Police. It was probably pushed on them by a virtue-signaling politician like a Kalifornia mayor.
It’s kommiefornia. Nuff said.
Should try a hybrid next time
The suspect was wanted for charges of battery :-)
Proof the left is insane. Emergency vehicles, police, ambulance, tow trucks, helicopters, need petroleum fuel. Electric won’t do it! It is irresponsible to use electric for those things!
Backup generators use oil/gas!
The a$$holes who want to force us to use solar for everything want us dead.
You can bet your prayer rug THEY won’t be using solar power in an emergency!
The suspect, like the vehicle was not charged .
CC
Police need to budget for longer extension cords......
The suspect, like the vehicle was not charged.
Very good!
well... well.. plenty of police cars have run out of gas during a chase right? Right?
A few hundred escapes is a small price to pay for virtue signalling.
They need to trade this thing in for a 1974 Dodge Monaco: “It’s got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it’s got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It’s a model made before catalytic converters so it’ll run good on regular gas.”
I’d love to see what Harry Callahan would say about this.
good one
Not to mention this icon among lawmen.
“....They need to trade this thing in for a 1974 Dodge Monaco: “It’s got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it’s got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It’s a model made before catalytic converters so it’ll run good on regular gas.”....”
LMAO!!! That’s probably what the perp kid was driving.
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