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What I was worried about finally happened! According to foreign media electrek, a Tesla Model S police car of the Fremont Police Department of the United States had to give up the chase halfway because there was no electricity and rushed to the charging station to recharge.

Tesla's police car ran out of power during the manhunt, and many netizens were puzzled by the news, but the police also explained that the incident was actually caused by their own mistakes.

Last year, the Fremont police department spent $61478.50 (about 438400 yuan) on a used 2014 Tesla Model S 85 pure electric car, replacing a 2007 Dodge Charger, the report said.

Their goal is simply to turn Tesla Model S into a police patrol car, to see if electric cars meet the needs of police cars, and to cut costs by saving gas. As a result, Tesla Model S police car was officially put into use earlier this year.

Recently, the Tesla Model S police car chased a suspected "felon" on a mission, reaching a speed of 193km per hour on the highway. Just when the most critical time, Tesla electricity is too low speed is limited, had to give up the pursuit mission, the police quickly drove off the highway to a nearby charging station to recharge.

The police car that came later for reinforcements found that the suspected vehicle crashed on the side of the road, but the criminal was missing.

(the first Tesla police car hit the road in Fremont, California, USA in March 2019.)

Later, a Fremont police spokesman confirmed that this was actually caused by his own fault, because someone forgot to plug in and recharge the car after the last shift, resulting in the Tesla police car not fully charged to carry out the mission.

He added that even if we use fuel-fueled police cars, this will happen from time to time if we don't refuel at the end of the shift.

The police also said that charging the electric car is actually much more convenient than going to the gas station, and they only need to get into the habit of plugging in after a shift. And electric cars, especially Tesla cars, will be very popular in the police department.

They also thought that Tesla Model 3 would be a better choice and decided to start using Tesla Model 3 vehicles to update the fleet and use the savings to hire more personnel.

It is worth noting that Fremont County, California, is also the location of Tesla's production plant.

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