LAPD(洛杉矶警局)目前正与Tesla合作要将Model S P85D改装成巡逻用的警车。
去年LA市政府就已经宣布要租用288部电动车，其中包含了160部纯电动车
剩下的128台是插电式混动车
而今年夏初时已经分配了100辆BMW i3到LAPD去
但是这些BMW i3只用来做为警官的交通车与社区展示用途(这是因为性能的关系吗？)
而Model S P85D的高性能(0-60mph 2.8秒)与高续航力(250 miles)更适合拿来作为巡逻车
目前这个改装计划还在测试中
如果测试成功LAPD就会将类似的性能电动车列入采购追踪之中
由于目前P85D大约要10万美元，超过了采购预算
如果未来Tesla有降价的话，可能就会直接将Model S列入采购计划
i3警车看起来充满霸气
http://i.imgur.com/V3O4aB1.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zZqJSr8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/XErr4v7.jpg
但是只能当交通车跟展示用不能追坏人给人中看不中用的感觉
Model S P85D的黑白涂装警车扮相看起来也很帅气啊
http://i.imgur.com/vTUWShu.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SssuhWg.png
重要的是能追的上坏人XDDD
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底下原文：
https://goo.gl/Uvr9uM
Earlier this year, we reported on the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)
testing Tesla Model S sedans as ‘high-pursuit’ police cruisers. The
automaker loaned two Model S P85Ds to the department, but they were testing
the vehicles stock without any police equipment other than what has been done
on the exterior as seen on the pictures above.
After a few months of evaluation, we now learn that the LAPD and Tesla are
going forward and working together to retrofit one of the loaned Model S’s
with equipment for police patrol.
The initiative is part of a city-wide effort to convert the municipal fleet
to electric transport.
Last year, the city of Los Angeles announced that it will lease 288 electric
vehicles, including 160 fully-electric vehicles (BEVs), which resulted in Los
Angeles operating the largest city-owned fleet of pure electric vehicles.
A lot of those vehicles went to the LAPD which started taking delivery of 100
BMW i3s earlier this summer, but unlike the Tesla vehicles, BMW’s cars are
only used “as transportation vehicles for officers and in community outreach
initiatives”.
Vartan Yegiyan, irector of Police Transportation at City of Los Angeles,
is overseeing the deployment of the BMW i3 fleet and he told NBC-LA last week
that “in many cases [the EVs] are driven by sworn officers to crime scenes
or in the course of investigations”, which is a first for electric vehicles
in LA.
Yegiyan notes that the i3 is better suited for its use than the traditional
gas-powered car it replaced, but also that faster acceleration and longer
range is needed for patrol vehicles.
That’s why they are using the Tesla Model S to benchmark electric vehicles
as potential patrol vehicles.
Yegiyan says that they are now working with Tesla on an agreement to retrofit
one of the Model S P85Ds with all the necessary equipment for police patrol:
“They will have an active role equipping this vehicle,”
The Tesla Model S P85D with Ludicrous mode is capable of accelerating from 0
to 60 mph in just 2.8 seconds and has a range of around 250 miles, which
makes it better suited to be a police patrol car.
Of course, it’s only for benchmarking electric vehicles as potential patrol
vehicles since the $100,000+ price tag of the P85D is not in LAPD’s price
range, but if the tests are successful, the department would then be tracking
other future performance electric vehicles, possibly from Tesla, at better
price points.
They have to look at the entire ownership cost since with potential savings
on gas and maintenance, they can afford to look at vehicles with higher price
tags than the $30,000s and $40,000s cars they are currently buying from
Ford, Chevrolet, and Dodge.