Are electric cars finding a place within the French police? The start is certainly timid, but it is taking shape. Trucks carrying Tesla Model 3s labeled “municipal police” have been seen on the roads. Let’s take stock.
The Tesla arrives in the French police
As detailed on the site Clean Automotivewe do not know the final destination of these vehicles, but we should soon find out more. Moreover, this equipment in green vehicles is clearly boosted by the Mobility Orientation Law which forces public entities to integrate electric cars into their fleets.
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If this initiative should represent a great communication move for the municipality concerned, it also risks being criticized. As our colleagues explain, the Tesla Model 3 is produced in China. While the time has come for “made in France” or “made in Europe”, the initiative could therefore be singled out.
Either way, this trend clearly seems to be the order of the day. Iphonesoft recalls in particular that MaxiAvenue, French specialist in vehicles for law enforcement, presented a Tesla Model Y adapted to the municipal police last year. This model is sold for around 50,000 euros.
The municipal police of Le Touquet also tested this model recently for two weeks and several delivery trucks were spotted throughout France, our colleagues specify.
This movement is not reserved for our regions. Phonandroid recalls in this regard that the city of South Pasadena became the first in the world to have an entirely electric police fleet. In total, local law enforcement has 20 Teslas.
Real tools for the police?
In addition to reducing fees by $4,000 per year, the authorities can rely on certain tools offered by Elon Musk’s firm. This is the case in Oakland, where Tesla’s Sentinel mode is used as an investigation tool. This option has already been used in several cases in California.
Last September, Science and Life explained that “during a shooting outside a beauty supply store in Oakland where a 27-year-old woman was killed. Searched videos of a Tesla Model X and surveillance footage from a market contributed to two arrests ».
