A San Francisco-area police department says it still has full faith in a pilot program to use a Tesla electric patrol car, even though the vehicle reportedly ran low on power last week during a pursuit.that a Fremont police officer in the Tesla Model S, which the department bought in March, became involved in a police pursuit Friday but radioed dispatch to say that the electric vehicle warned that it had only 6 miles of battery life left and that he may not be able to continue in the chase.
"The officer was monitoring the charge and responsibly notifying every one of its status during the approximate 10-mile pursuit," Bosques said. The department had other police vehicles behind the Tesla to take over the chase, and the California Highway Patrol was also responding, according to the department.
That car was wanted in connection with a crime in Santa Clara and a felony warrant has been issued for the driver, who has not been found, according to NBC Bay Area.
Oh gee
That's a failure on the officers part. It equals not putting fuel in your cruiser. The car operated as it should.
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You'd have to be a bonehead to drive a Tesla.
youlooklikeamom 😂
This is ONLY news bc it’s a Tesla. Gas police cars run out of gas too. The previous shift failed to charge the car. teslajealous
Note to criminals: get additional range package..
The sergeant that assigned the electric car to patrol needs to be kicked square in the butt. All patrol cars should be gasoline powered.
Well why the hell does the police Dept use electronic cars.
Only in Cali! The land of jerkoffs and whackos!
Lol
Recharge time vs fill ‘er up time? Its a no brainer. You would need 3 of these to replace 1 gas cruiser.
What if all cars being chased were also electric ? 🤔
Oddly, the suspect agreed to pause the chase while the officer recharged the electric car.
Oh
Hey, Pro Típ: we can’t have criminals getting away. If Tesla Tesla elonmusk isn’t ready to deploy the best tech yet. Then maybe we need to wait for it to get better. But criminals can’t be getting away.
Jokers never thought of this ?
That's his own fault....should have powered up
Didn’t this same thing happen in ‘Demolition Man’?
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Try a souped up Prius
LoL
Well could have happend with a gaz véhicule
Charge your batteries.
Sounds like user issues. Be proactive in recharging.
Sounds to me is a department problem not a tesla prow, charge the cars properly
Well someone didnt charge their car.
I am not sure why this is news. Surely in the history of police pursuits morectham one cop has run out of fuel. Just because the fuel was electricity instead of gas doesn't make it noteworthy. It makes it propaganda.
Lol, that is awesome story.
ClimateJustice bahaaaaa
Perpetual motion doesn't exist at least not yet. Regardless of the format the vehicle has to be maintained.
i mean... isnt it easier to fill a car up with ⛽️ than to wait and charge it? 🔌 ::thinks about it:: yeah guess not
Next time better have Energizer
That's unfortunate....next time, buy a hybrid!
Umm I'm pretty sure even a gas can ran out
Who ever wrote this for sure is Being paid to down play electric cars lol gas cars can run out of gas too.
youlooklikeamom why is there a tesla police car?
Someone call . My phone is at 1%.
😂😂😂 go green!
The problem with a Tesla police car is the fact that recharging takes too long, not that you can’t run out of gas. Gas fill up is a donut break. Even a tesla supercharge will give you about 50% in 20-25min. Tesla full charge without a supercharger is a new shift
So... Police cars must be equiped with nuclear engines.
😂😂😂😂this is the libs for ya... bunch of dopes
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So the green new deal is going to solve what problems again?
How is that any different than the officer running out of gas? Bonehead user error if true.
Funny! 😆 No reserve batt to call upon 😂😂😂
$90,000 squad car that takes 12 hours on a 240 volt outlet to charge to a 265 mile max range... That’s California🙄
Waste of taxpayers money- 1st of all too expensive/2nd your using a electric car in a police chase - where’s the oversight trade the car in and buy a charger instead.
It’s called poor planning, or just plain incompetence.
Most police chases are unnecessary and often lead to death of innocent people. Ban high speed pursuits!
And how is that any different to running out of gas?
Uh, you’re supposed to charge it.
A cop forgot to fill up? Maybe he should go back to driving school.
Yeah. That happens with gasoline cars too. Lol. But officer apparently can read gas gauge but not battery gauge? Lol.
Let's do a little rundown for the people who are championing gasoline for this: Many, perhaps most, stations still have Crown Vics as their default cruiser. Crown Vics with a 19gallon tank size and at best 20mpg city rating. That's 380 miles on a single fill up.
Is this supposed to show how dumb cops are that they can't get the squad charged before shift, or that running out of gas in a chase in really not likely?
Yeah, this sounds terrible. We should ban these cars immediately. Fossil is the best way to go because it’s so good to leave a polluted planet to next generations ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼
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philhelsel great article, mate! No way an ICE EVERRRRR would run out of gas or be outran! Perhaps police should work in teams and use radios and centralized dispatch to coordinate backup for response, apprehension and safety reasons?!?!?
Lol I’m laughing at cars run out of gas as well. The gas goes much further I couldn’t even have an electric car where I am right now.
Tesla Model S has a 240 mile range. Do better with your charging schedule.
Are you stupid ? Or just trying to perpetuate the use of fossil fuels?
Sounds like a lazy Cop didn't charge up his cruiser before his shift.
For the people saying g that 'cars run out of gas too'.... y'all CLEARLY don't know the difference between the two... a full tank of gas can last far more than a fully charge electric car.
Only in San Francisco would the city put electric police cars on the streets in the home of epic car chases........ 😁
Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!
Womp womp
Why is this news ?
yogibp02 😂
Hahahahaha! Oh, the irony! Try catching up to me in my 5.7 liter Dodge Charger!
So? A gas powered police car could also run out of gas. All the police cars that that has happened to haven't made the news.
Could have been the same way with gas.
Gas 1 - Electric 0
Cars run out of gas too you know.
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