U.S. Police Equip Themselves with Tesla Model Y!
This page is translated from the original post "La police américaine s’équipe de Tesla Model Y !" in French.
- 03/08/2023 21:06
The city of South Pasadena, in Los Angeles, is the first in the United States to order the Police version of the Tesla Model Y.
The taxpayer wants better use of their taxes and for authorities to also implement the shift from combustion engines to electric vehicles. Thus, an American company specialized in customizing vehicles for law enforcement, Unplugged Performance, has developed and is already preparing to deliver 20 Model Y vehicles to the South Pasadena Police. The unit price is $91,990, approximately €84,000.
This city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area claims to have been convinced by the superior acceleration performance of the Tesla Model Y for catching offenders. But also by the measured investment cost, which is already lower at purchase than a thermal equivalent, the Ford Interceptor. The city hall finally adds that fuel savings could amount to $27,000 per vehicle over five years. 60% of the fuel currently burned by American police is consumed while the vehicle is idling with the engine running, to ensure onboard electricity and air conditioning…
The Model Y equipped for police has protections, light bars, and sirens, rear prisoner partitions, more durable materials, firearm supports, a specific GPS and radio, and all the necessary equipment.
A second city in Kansas has already announced its intention to also equip itself with Tesla Model Y vehicles.
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