Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Electric Vehicles: "Michigan State Police to begin testing Ford Mach-E Interceptors"

If you want acceleration, electric is where you want to be.

The downside is that police cruisers get in car crashes and I don't think you want to be in one during a PIT maneuver gone bad.

From TechCrunch:

The next time you get pulled over in Michigan, it could be by a cop in an electric SUV — at least if Ford has anything to say about it. The American automaker is stepping up its Police Interceptor program, which modifies existing models for use by law enforcement, typically with beefed up suspensions, brakes and added horsepower.

The company has pitched the idea to law enforcement agencies in the UK, while the city of Ann Arbor, MI already has two such vehicles on order. On Friday, Ford announced that it, in short order, will deliver one of its Mustang Mach-E Interceptor prototypes — which appears to be based on the Mach-E GT variant — to the Michigan State Police...

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