It ran out of juice.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/tesla-nearly-runs-out-of-electricty-during-pursuit

I heard this on Sirius channel 6 the dj said maybe he should have had a GTO then played this song.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o_FSicQWimU

I thought nessmuck would like it.

They have a new and improved version now on test in Los Angeles. Some officers complained about the sudden jolt when they get to the end of the extension cord.

Good One Scuba1...

Garry-

They said this is the first time it has happened. They also said that their other cars are run out of gas every once in a while. Employees not paying attention is to blame.

We're getting hybrid explorers next year, I believe all the police explorers will be hybrids. They're supposed to be faster than the gas ones. A lot of departments don't really need or want fast cars, they do a whole lot of pursuits, and crash plenty enough with slow cars. Here all you have to do to get a pursuit called off is run a red light. Short of being a murder suspect, the chase will be called off. They need reliable cheap vehicles with lots of room.

I cannot believe they didn't forsee this happening

I read that on Fox News. Did they not see that coming? Good Lord

it all depends are you a battery half full or half empty kind of person.

I am always a battery half empty believer.


that 2nd half always goes faster. because it isn't half on most devices, my phone quits functioning at 14% so it is 36% till reduced performance and if you need to make a call below 5 % you better be a mighty quick talker.

These law enforcement officers are supposed to drive muscle cars. Vroom. Vroom.

I look forward to the day when electric cars are as dependable and affordable as those with internal combustion engines.

I always thought that you drove a pink Prius now.

They absolutely will be someday, but it's going to be a while. The battery technology isn't anywhere near there yet, along with charging issues, namely length of time to recharge, and electric grid capacity to power all those rechargers. We'll get there someday, just not yet. People that scoff at electric vehicles are no different than people that scoffed at gas cars when they first came on the scene. People thought cars would never replace horses because cars were unreliable, slow, hard to fix and refuel, blah blah blah. It's the same now with electric vehicles.

Going to be a while til I trust a battery to move my truck through packed snow in 30 below weather.

Cold weather is another issue with batteries. We have Nissan leaf in our fleet, and in cold weather, it has a range of like 80 miles on a full charge. It also takes 72 hours (3 days!!!!) to charge with the 110V charger.

My gripe with the so called clean electric vehicles is that ya just have the smoke come out in a different place. In fact they burn more fossil fuel than some of the infernal combustion engines made today. The exhaust is just not on the car itself but on the power station.

It depends on where you get the electricity. If it's coal fired electric plants, then of course there is still carbon output. But not if it's from wind, solar, hydro or nuclear. But they still don't get very good gas mileage equivalent. One source says the Nissan leaf (pure electric) gets the equivalent of 28mpg.

electric car math stuff

28mpg is sad..


My gmc 2500 duramax with over 300,000 miles gets 25 mpg on the highway

Solar and wind take more fossil fuels to build and maintain than most people think.

But just like every piece of technology, eventually we'll get to the point where they'll be efficient and cheap. Or we'll find something better.

Training ants, squirrels, or hamsters maybe lol.