In a current press launch, the Leawood Police Division in Kansas introduced that it had acquired a Tesla Mannequin Y Lengthy Vary for its fleet. The car can be used as one of many Leawood PD’s patrol automobiles.
The Mannequin Y has already been painted within the Leawood PD’s black and white colours. The division famous that they began wanting into the thought of an all-electric patrol automobile final 12 months after seeing dismal evaluations of obtainable hybrid patrol automobiles.
Captain Kirt Yoder, the company’s venture supervisor, famous that Tesla Kansas had been fairly useful. “I ended up contacting about ten companies from New York to California. Tesla-Kansas Metropolis was nice. They had been keen to assist and reply all our questions,” he mentioned.
Other than being a inexperienced car, the Mannequin Y can also be anticipated to present the Leawood Police Division substantial value financial savings. Over a 12 months in the past, a price comparability already confirmed that the division’s Ford Explorer patrol SUV would value about $4,500 per 12 months to run.
That was a time when town’s fuel was at $1.75 a gallon. With at present’s costs, the quantity required to run a traditional Ford Explorer SUV police cruiser would possible be a lot greater.
Compared, the Leawood Police Division estimated final 12 months that the Tesla Mannequin Y would require about $648 per 12 months in vitality prices. This estimate was primarily based on the 2021 value of $0.08 per kWh.
With such financial savings on the desk, it was no shock that the Mannequin Y buy for the Leawood PD was unanimously accepted by the Leawood Metropolis Council. Total, the Leawood PD expects the Mannequin Y to have a four-year service life, a 12 months longer than the Ford Explorer SUV that it changed.
Captain Yoder, for his half, famous that some members of the Leawood PD are excited to check out the Mannequin Y, even when it’s smaller than the Ford Explorer that it’s changing.
“I believe electrical autos are going to be the long run, and that is going to be basis for us. Some officers have issues as a result of it is a smaller car and the additional gear (of a patrol automobile) eats into their work area, however others are excited for the brand new expertise,” he mentioned.
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