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Daddy_Macron t1_jdcppbb wrote

Reply to comment by Sum1LightUp in Ford Mustang Mach-E Squad Cars by handyManDrew

These are probably money savers in the long-run. Less maintenance and way less energy wasted when idling which is 90% of a cop's day. When I idled for an hour in an EV with the AC blasting, it used up less than 2% of the battery. Doing it in a gas car would have used up 0.5-1 gallon of gas.

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RProgrammerMan t1_jde34g9 wrote

Interesting, maybe ev makes sense for their use case. Plus acceleration!

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Rottimer t1_jdcwupm wrote

Depends on how much down time the vehicle needs to charge and how much max charge it will lose each year.

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Daddy_Macron t1_jdcybhj wrote

Battery degradation isn't that big an issue since EV battery packs aren't like your phone battery and have active battery management systems to keep batteries at the optimal temperature and current. (Except the Nissan Leaf. Those EV's have issues with battery longevity.) Just about all major EV manufacturers offer 8 year, 100,000 mile battery warranties for a reason.

Most cop cars are just sitting still for basically the whole day and they're not in use 24/7/365. Incorporating slow charging into them sitting at a corner for half a day would be a breeze. This city is already building out curbside chargers. My neck of the woods got 3 stations with 6 charging cables and the cops in the neighborhood can just change where they idle their car by a block or two if they need a charge.

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jddh1 t1_jdj6eaz wrote

Dunkin looking at the EV charging spots to plan future store locations.

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kinky_boots t1_jdoeogo wrote

Ha, they’re well situated in front of subway stops

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