The Tesla Cybertruck’s being changed into a police automobile
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 unhealthy 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 will quickly take supply of a Cybertruck. No additional particulars got, however Electrek notes that the accompanying photograph signifies the truck appears 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 yr.
Prospects can spec typical police gear, together with radios and another further 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 gives heavy-duty suspension and brake packages, in addition to an off-road package deal.
Tesla Cybertruck Subsequent-Gen Patrol by UP.FIT
Whereas UP.FIT’s providing is an aftermarket conversion, Ford introduced an electrical police truck primarily based on the F-150 Lightning in 2022, supplied by the automaker’s Particular Service Automobile (SSV) manufacturing facility 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 automobiles.
However apart from small-scale assessments, police departments have largely averted EVs on account of an absence of choices for appropriate automobiles, with value being a serious subject, in keeping with a 2022 report. The Cybertruck begins at $60,990 earlier than any police conversion work.