NYPD Goes Green: Ford to Provide Them with Escape/Fusion Hybrids
Not willing to be the only ones uninvolved in the world’s greatest clean up, the New York Police Department told the Press that it will also be going green by introducing 200 hybrid cars to its fleet. Around the same time last year, NYPD officers began testing police-issue Nissan Altima hybrids.
According to the police forces’ spokesperson John McCarthy, the Altimas they testes were the very first hybrids fitted with an exclusive police package for patrol. NYPD wanted to test the performance of the vehicles in the field, first, before they agreed to sign up. Based on the recent announcement, it’s safe to say that the cops were pretty happy with the idea of having hybrids in their fleet.
With NYPD’s 200 hybrids, the Big Apple’s green car count will be raised to four hundred. What made NYPD sign up for the cause? Reviewers think that aside from cleaning up the planet, it’s because they’ll be making a lot of savings with the hybrids.
For example, the brakes of the police-issue Nissan Altima hybrids can last twice, if not three times, longer than the brakes of a standard gasoline-run cruiser. The hybrids are also three times more dependable.
To recap, the Nissan at $25,391 each cost the Big Apple $1500 a unit more than the Impala. According to NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg during the initial stages of the testing, the city would cover the difference between the standard Chevy’s cost and the cost of the Altima’s purchase. New York’s mayor was positive that the fuel savings would eventually pay off the city’s efforts and save its taxpayers money they could spend on something else than cop cars.
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