The Tesla Cybertruck’s being was a police automotive
The Irvine Police Division stated it is taking supply of its police-spec Cybertruck quickly
The conversion to police spec is being dealt with by UP.FIT
The world hasn’t gotten fairly dangerous sufficient for the emergence of RoboCop, however the first police Cybertruck will quickly report for obligation in California.
First noticed by Electrek, the Irvine Police Division introduced on X (previously Twitter) this week that it might quickly take supply of a Cybertruck. No additional particulars got, however Electrek notes that the accompanying picture signifies the truck seems to be like one utilized in promotional supplies for UP.FIT, a division of Tesla tuner Unplugged Efficiency.
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— Irvine Police Division (@IrvinePolice) July 24, 2024
UP.FIT unveiled a Cybertruck police cruiser final month, saying police departments and different businesses had already expressed curiosity, and that deliveries would begin later this 12 months.
Clients can spec typical police gear, together with radios and every other extra communications gear, in addition to prisoner partitions, storage for weapons and different gear, and K9 enclosures, UP.FIT stated when it unveiled the truck. The corporate additionally presents heavy-duty suspension and brake packages, in addition to an off-road bundle.
Tesla Cybertruck Subsequent-Gen Patrol by UP.FIT
Whereas UP.FIT’s providing is an aftermarket conversion, Ford introduced an electrical police truck based mostly on the F-150 Lightning in 2022, provided by means of the automaker’s Particular Service Automobile (SSV) manufacturing unit upfit program. In 2021 the automaker, which has historically managed a big share of the police market, confirmed a Mustang Mach-E police testbed, and subsequently introduced that the NYPD had expressed curiosity in Mach-E police vehicles.
However aside from small-scale assessments, police departments have largely averted EVs resulting from an absence of choices for appropriate automobiles, with value being a serious problem, in accordance with a 2022 report. The Cybertruck begins at $60,990 earlier than any police conversion work.