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Essay by Eric Worrall
“Running out of puff and then having to get another vehicle” – Who could have guessed electric vehicles don’t have the stamina required for reliable police duty?
Electric police cars are ‘running out of puff’ and causing ‘lots of problems’
ELECTRIC police cars are running out of charge when responding to emergencies because the sirens and blue lights drain the batteries, according to a Police and Crime Commissioner.
By FELIX REEVES
08:06, Wed, Jul 6, 2022 | UPDATED: 22:51, Wed, Jul 6, 2022
Gloucester Constabulary has the largest full electric fleet in the UK, with 21 percent of their 435 vehicles being electric. Chris Nelson, Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucester, said officers who were driving the electric vehicles had difficult experiences finding chargers in the county.
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A spokesperson for Tesla said the Model 3 had been able to do over 200 miles of blue light advanced driving.
It was able able to take part in runs that lasted four hours on active deployment under “advanced driving conditions”.
The tests come as police forces prepare for the 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles.
Mr Nelson continued, saying: “I’ve heard lots of problems with officers driving around in electric vehicles having problems trying to find recharging facilities.
“Running out of puff and then having to get another vehicle.
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Read more: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1636132/electric-car-police-use-battery-range-anxiety-pcc-gloucester-warning
Do police ask criminals they are pursuing to take a coffee break while they put their EVs on fast chargers?
EVs might be barely viable for ordinary people who don’t have to drive much, in a nation as compact as Britain. For police use, not so much.
Good for the criminals !!!!! What a good choice these were !!
The article says that the Tesla 3 can do four hours of “active deployment under “advanced driving conditions””, whatever the heck that means.
How many hours of “active deployment” can the car do after 3 hours of normal patrol?
Hullo 911? I’m facing a home invasion but I do have an EV charger.
It’s like the covid vaccine, sell as much as possible no matter the consequences.
This is one of the funniest things I’ve read about climate change nonsense. I can just imagine the crims are planning their bad stuff to be carried out on the edge of the range of the cops electric vehicles. Maybe the Brits needs to bring back bobbies on bikes.
EV Road Test | Real Climate Science
Heh. I’ll bet you’d LOVE to have a battery-powered truck to drive for work, huh, rah? lol
The empty-battery problem with Tesla EV police cars can be easily remedied.
When the battery is almost dead, the last remaining charge can be used to slide open the front and back floor boards, so all occupants can hunch over and run in place to propel the car like Fred Flintstone did in the good old days…
Funny idea. But isn’t that where the batteries are?
Yep. I see explosive bolts and a capacitor, with a ‘zero battery charge’ dry relay. Battery dies, BANG, battery drops and the car rolls on in extended pedal mode.
Are those blue lights, which are draining the batteries, LEDs?
I could have guessed…electric vehicles don’t have the stamina for most uses one might have for a “vehicle.” Why on earth would they have the stamina for demanding service like emergency vehicles?!
“I cannae change the laws of physics! I’ve got to have thirty minutes!“
They just keep getting dumber!
Decent, responsible, criminals would only use electric getaway cars.
We have idiots in all aspects of government today who don’t have an ounce of common sense. They blindly go along with the talking points of the elite and never stop to think for themselves. They spend money mindlessly not even caring if is a good decision. Just doing what the climate czar says to do.