French police equip themselves with Tesla Model Y

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Are electric cars making their way into the French police force ? The start is certainly timid, but it is taking shape. Trucks carrying Tesla Model 3s stamped “municipal police” have been seen on the roads. Let's take stock.

Tesla is coming to the French police force

As detailed on the site Automobile Propre, we 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.

While this initiative should represent a great publicity stunt 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.

In any case, this trend clearly seems to be on the agenda. Iphonesoft recalls in particular that MaxiAvenue, a 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 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 has become the first in the world to have an all-electric police fleet. In total, local law enforcement has 20 Teslas.

Real tools for the police ?

In addition to the $4,000 per year fee reduction, 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 investigative tool. This option has already been used in several cases in California.

Last September, Science et Vie explained that ” during a shooting outside a beauty store in Oakland where a 27-year-old woman was killed. Search videos of a Tesla Model X and surveillance footage from a market contributed to two arrests “.

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