A California police department is adding fuel to the electric car debate after one of its patrol cars, a Tesla Model S, nearly ran out of juice during a vehicle pursuit last week.
It all started on a quiet Friday night in Fremont, when the city’s automated license plate reader system got a hit on a white Toyota Avalon entering the city’s limits and alerted the city’s authorities. The Toyota, wanted in connection with a felony in Santa Clara, was eventually located in an AutoZone parking lot by Fremont Police Officer Jesse Hartman at 11 p.m. on Sept. 20.
“120 [miles per hour] ... light traffic,” one officer said on the radio, police sirens heard ringing in the background.“I’m down to six miles of battery,” began Hartman. “I may lose it here in a sec. If someone else is able, can they maneuver into the number one spot?” Hartman asked the other officers on the radio.
As Hartman pulled off to recharge his vehicle, California Highway Patrol continued the hunt for the suspect, eventually locating the car a mile or two off the highway, abandoned. No other passengers were in the vehicle. Fremont’s population is around 235,000 people and has 199 sworn officers working for the area, according to Bosques.
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