Death of the car chase: LAPD now has a Tesla
September 15, 2015
Any
criminal foolish enough to run from the Los Angeles Police Department
now might find their epic car chases is over before it even began.
That’s because the LAPD has acquired a Tesla Model S as part of its initiative to build a greener fleet of vehicles, the department announced last week.
In case you’re wondering, this is what a Tesla Model S looks like decked out as a cop car:
What
makes the prospect of a Tesla police vehicle so intimidating for
criminals is the fact that the Model S gets insane acceleration. The
upgrade to the Model S that Tesla unveiled this past June gives
the car a range of 300 miles per charge and acceleration of 0 to 60
miles per hour in a ridiculous 2.8 seconds. In other words, it sounds
like the only way a criminal will be able to accelerate fast enough to
flee a cop in a Tesla is to own a Tesla of their own.
In
addition to the Model S, the LAPD has also acquired a BMW i3 for its
“green fleet” of cars, although that car goes from 0 to 60 miles per
hour in a comparatively laggard 6.5 seconds.
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This article was originally published on BGR.com
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