A Tesla Cybertruck police cruiser has been unveiled within the United Arab Emirates (UAE), coming as the corporate’s newest electrical car (EV) to be re-purposed for legislation enforcement use.
On Sunday, the Dubai Police Basic Command posted pictures of the Tesla Cybertruck patrol automobile on X, sporting a inexperienced and white wrap to match the nation’s present police cruisers. The hood of the Cybertruck additionally contains the Dubai Police emblem, and the division says the EV will probably be used as a part of its vacationer police luxurious patrol fleet.
The Dubai Police Basic Command has added the Tesla Cybertruck, the trendy electrical automobile with a futuristic design, to its vacationer police luxurious patrol fleet. pic.twitter.com/eubpvfjVbA
— Dubai Policeشرطة دبي (@DubaiPoliceHQ) June 16, 2024
The submit additionally elicited responses from each the Tesla Cybertruck account, and CEO Elon Musk, who merely wrote “Cool” together with the sun shades emoji.
“Very cool to see — thanks for the belief,” the Cybertruck account wrote on X.
The Cybertruck is presently solely on sale within the U.S., and whereas rules in lots of different nations make it powerful to make the EV highway authorized, CEO Elon Musk mentioned in the course of the firm’s latest shareholders’ assembly that Tesla might acquire certification to promote the pickup in different markets as quickly as subsequent yr.
Tesla final yr garnered a large fleet order for its EVs from the UAE firm Arabia Taxi Dubai, which plans to make use of over 260 Mannequin 3 models as part of its taxi fleet. Musk additionally spoke on the nation’s World Authorities Summit in Dubai final yr, after he first attended the occasion again in 2017.
The information of Dubai’s newest police cruiser additionally comes after U.S. mods firm Unplugged Efficiency unveiled a Cybertruck absolutely outfitted for police use earlier this month, which the corporate says will begin deploying to police departments this yr. Police departments all over the world have begun piloting EV cruisers over the previous few years, largely for his or her financial savings on upkeep and charging prices when in comparison with gasoline autos.
In February, Tesla mentioned that its EVs might assist save police departments greater than $4,000 in tools, utilizing customary tech that comes with the U.S. automaker’s autos. Final month, one police division in Bargersville, Indiana, mentioned that its 13 Tesla police autos had been saving taxpayers round $80,000 per yr on gas prices alone, after the division had been piloting the corporate’s autos since 2019.
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