New York's finest will also be some of New York's greenest next month, when the NYPD begins field testing four all-electric scooters from Rhode Island-based Vectrix USA. Although twice as expensive as the gas-powered Piaggio scooters that the department currently uses -- and with a fraction of their range -- the Vectrix offers police three attractive benefits: reduced fuel costs, lowered vehicle emissions, and, more practically, the element of surprise -- the scooters' nearly-silent engines should allow two-wheeled cops to approach suspects with more discretion. Sounds like a winner to us, as long as officers don't try pulling some eminent domain crap on our outlet at Starbucks when they need to juice up.
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posted Dec 25th 2007 9:23AM
Add a little body armor and we almost have robocops. That would be awesome to see.
Im a NYorker. Recently we've had alot of cop killings. It would be safer and more economicaly viable for them to use bullet proofed Toyota Priuses.
im so happy coz NY will be a little bit more greener. yay!!!
Kudus to the NYPD for trying the Vectrix. While it's not for every situation, I believe it will contribute greatly to both the environment and crime prevention. I just took delivery of one. It’s very well-engineered and built, fun to ride, and has low operating costs.
with the range a fraction of it's gas powered sibling you would definitely need that element surprise.
nice
It's sure to be a hit in the next Bourne movie.
I guess now it's much easier to outrun the cops.
Yes, the time it takes for them to finally catch the bad guys would result to in 3x the energy usage of regular cars.
Doesn't have an ipod cradle but does come with a taser recharge cradle?
sssssssssssshhhhhhh
this is for those on pesky parking ticket duty
reduced range means less tickets issued, and some rotating gray areas created because of the range limitation :] you might not get a ticket today, but you might get one tomorrow :[
why do they have to make it into a scooter though?
it always looks like you're taking a crap :[
a motorcycle styled EV makes much more sense, the massive battery area should give you decent range.
well...now i know where my raise went. way to go bloomberg.
Stopping crime at 10mph!!