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New energy vehicles have become more and more popular in people's lives in recent years, and now pure electric vehicles have begun to enter various industries, for example, some police vehicles in the United States have also begun to use pure electric vehicles, but judging from the actual experience of the police in the United States, pure electric vehicles do not seem to be suitable for police cars.

Recently, in the Bay area of California, an interesting story was reported by online media that on Friday night local time, the Bay area Flemont police found a suspected vehicle driven by a felony suspect while on patrol. So Fremont police began to chase suspected vehicles on Interstate 680.

Last year, the Fremont Police Department spent $61478.50 (about 438400 yuan) on a second-hand Tesla Model-S pure electric car in 2014, replacing a 2007 Dodge Charger, the report said. Their goal is simply to turn the Tesla Model-S into a police patrol car to see if the electric car meets the needs of the police car and to cut costs by saving gas. So, earlier this year, Tesla was Model

The S police car has been officially put into use.

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.

All in all, the Model-S is $20, 000 more expensive than the Flemon Police Department's brand new Ford Explorer police car, but Flemon police believe that in the long run, the Tesla Model-S is cheaper than fuel cars, which can be saved by subsequent use because they think electric cars don't burn fuel and don't need frequent maintenance.

According to a radio recording released by the local media, the driver of Tesla's Model-S police car reported on the radio: "I have to get off the highway and find a charging post, otherwise I can't even go back to the police station." it can be said to be quite helpless.

A Fremont police spokesman confirmed that this was actually caused by his own fault, as 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.

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

Although Fremont police explained on Tuesday that Model

The S police car gave up chasing the suspect halfway because it was not fully charged when it was called out to the police, but netizens on social media obviously did not buy it, and many netizens thought, how could this have happened if they had honestly driven a Ford at that time? Even if the fuel truck runs out of gas, it can be filled up in 5 minutes at most, and it will be resurrected after 5 minutes, so can the electric car line do it?

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