Ford has launched its newest police automobile which is predicated on the F-150 Lighting Professional EV pickup. The Particular Service Car (SSV) has acquired a lot of modifications to assist its new position as a police automobile, supplied in normal or prolonged battery flavors.

Beginning with the outside, the F-150 Lighting Professional SSV positive aspects a bull bar on the entrance bumper, roof-mounted warning beacons (LED lights), plus a becoming livery with “All-Electrical Police Particular Service Car” lettering.

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Inside, the seats are upholstered with police-grade heavy-duty material and have decreased facet bolsters making it simpler for holstered officers to enter and exit the automobile. The rear seats have a vinyl upholstery that’s simpler to scrub, just like the vinyl flooring. The dashboard has a 12-inch digital instrument cluster and a 12-inch SYNC4 infotainment touchscreen alongside a bolstered instrument panel high tray that’s designed for mounting extra police tools.

Normal options additionally embrace the Ford Co-Pilot 360 ADAS suite and the Ford Professional platform with instruments for extra environment friendly fleet administration. Apart from the rear mattress space, with the Professional Energy onboard generator, officers also can make the most of the Mega Energy Frunk on the entrance, with 14.1 cubic toes of lockable cargo house and a further 220-amp DC to DC energy supply.

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Ford says that the F-150 Lightning Professional SSV is designed “to deal with specialised departmental wants exterior of pursuit conditions, corresponding to helping at an accident or crime scene, or giving departments the power to tow a ship or a trailer”. Nonetheless, the automaker is providing the EV pickup in each standard-range and extended-range battery kinds. The primary produces 452 hp (337 kW / 458 PS) for a 7,700-pound towing capability and the latter will increase it to 580 hp (432 kW / 588 PS) for a ten,000-pound towing capability. In each instances, torque is 775 lb-ft (1,051 Nm) with energy transmitted to all 4 wheels.

Nate Oscarson, Ford Professional nationwide authorities gross sales supervisor mentioned: “We’re proud to supply America’s first electrical police pickup truck to native authorities prospects who can use the truck’s game-changing expertise to assist enhance their productiveness. Professional Energy Onboard can function a cellular energy supply to gentle up night accident scenes on the freeway, the electrical powertrain helps to probably scale back prices related to gas and scheduled upkeep wants and the Mega Energy Frunk offers additional lockable storage on high of purpose-built police additions our prospects have come to anticipate from the chief in police automobiles.”

The detailed specs of the 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning Professional SSV might be launched later this summer season, though we don’t anticipate them to vary a lot from the usual non-police F-150 Lightning.