The Boulder Metropolis Police Division bought a number of new EVs for its fleet and we not too long ago reported on the acquisition of its Tesla Mannequin Ys. Boulder Metropolis bought the brand new EVs with a small portion of the American Rescue Plan Act funds and the town stated that this was a strategic choice contemplating that the police division is the town’s largest gasoline consumer.
Teslarati reached out to the Boulder Metropolis Police Division and we needed to know what number of Mannequin Ys they bought and in addition, what made them select Tesla. On the time, we didn’t find out about their buy of the Ford Mustang Mach E GT.
Lieutenant Vincent Albowicz instructed Teslarati in an e mail that the division bought two Tesla Mannequin Ys, two Tesla Mannequin 3s, and one Ford Mach E GT.
“Our plan is to check and evaluate the Mannequin Y in opposition to the Mach E (in patrol). The remaining automobiles will likely be examined and evaluated in different roles.”
These different roles would come with detective or administrative automobiles and different comparable roles, Lieutenant Albowicz defined.
Lieutenant Albowicz additionally shared a number of explanation why the division selected to purchase Tesla EVs. Tesla’s capability to ship the automobiles shortly and at an affordable price in addition to its capability to unravel issues remotely and ship a cell restore technician to the placement topped the checklist.
“We selected Tesla because of their capability to ship a top quality product shortly and at an affordable price. We ordered our Teslas just below a month in the past and have already obtained our Mannequin Ys. As a comparability, the Mach E was initially ordered on February third (by somebody who backed out of the deal – we have been capable of choose up the order) and we’re nonetheless ready for it to be delivered.”
“The Mach E additionally price roughly six-thousand {dollars} greater than the Tesla Mannequin Y. One other consideration was Tesla’s capability to repair issues remotely (ought to any happen) and their capability to ship a cell restore technician to our location. Lastly, we like doing our half slicing down on fossil gas use and air pollution.”
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