Comments on: Hybrid 5-0h! Police Cruisers Go Green

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By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:10:43 +0000

The guys of the Cook County IL Sheriff’s Child Support Warrant Unit drive ford escape hybrids and they hate them. Not nearly enough power or corner handling when flying with the lights on to back people up. Another thing to mention is that unless you drive them like a granny the don’t save too much on gas.

By: roaddog

roaddog — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:29:15 +0000

Been driving a 2009 tahoe hybrid for about 7000 police miles. In city highway mixed driving I get 36 miles to the gallon! When you need to get up and go it kicks in the big V8 and it really moves. Also drops to 4 cylinders on the highway, gets about 20 mpg. You can run the AC on batteries for quite a while without the engine kicking on. We'll see how she does on maintenance, I suspect the upkeep on the hybrids with the rigors of police use will kill the idea for most PD.s. It does low speeds on the battery and is nice for night patrol in the warehouse district, you can hear whats going on and they can't hear you coming.

I recommend this over the escape any day.

By: Stephanie Dasaro, Community Relations, Aspen Police

Stephanie Dasaro, Community Relations, Aspen Police — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:34:43 +0000

Press Release
For Immediate Release

Aspen Police Department
970-920-5400
www.aspenpolice.com

ASPEN, CO - May 29, 2008 - The Aspen Police Department has never been traditional, whether it has been in how we interact with our community, or the tools we use. Through times when most of the country was driving Ford Crown Victoria and Chevrolet Caprice police vehicles, we were driving Saabs and Volvos.

We continue to break with tradition, and are now taking a more radical step in implementing a completely hybrid police vehicle fleet, among the first police agencies in the nation to do so.

“The reasons we are buying these are the same reasons many consumers can agree with,” Police Chief Richard Pryor said Thursday. “We wanted to do our part to reduce CO2 emissions, to reduce the fuel we use, as well as provide a fully-functioning police patrol vehicle.”

These three goals have been met by the Toyota Highlander Hybrid.

A mid-size four-wheel-drive SUV, the Highlander hybrid is classified as a “Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle,” yet generates a potent 268 horsepower.

Before 2005 the Aspen Police Department began looking into using hybrid vehicles for use as a police patrol car. At that time, hybrid vehicles were making inroads in the consumer market, but they were untested in police patrol use. No vehicle produced at that time was judged acceptable for police patrol use.

But in 2006, Toyota introduced the Highlander hybrid, which seemed like a potential platform for a police patrol vehicle, and the Aspen Police Department began exploring the idea.

In March 2008 the police department purchased a Toyota Highlander Hybrid vehicle, and as an experiment, installed a full electrical police package of radio, emergency lights, radar, video & laptop computer. Two months of successful “on the street” police patrol testing has followed, as well as some specific laboratory-style tests, to determine that the Highlander will be a solid police vehicle platform.

Through this, the police department has discovered that lower carbon emissions and a decrease in fuel consumption are achievable targets. We estimate that by increasing fuel efficiency by a conservative 55%, or from 12.9 mpg to 20mpg, the Aspen Police Department can decrease CO2 emissions by approximately 20 tons per year and save $7,000 in fuel costs, at current prices.

Chief Pryor offered his thanks to the City of Aspen Mayor Mick Ireland, City Council, and other City staff for supporting us in this venture, showing their commitment to caring for our environment.

He also wished to thank electrical engineer Mike Ogburn and the Rocky Mountain Institute for dedicating time to testing the vehicle and offering solutions to improve the electrical equipment installation.

Lastly, thanks to Big Horn Toyota of Glenwood Springs for supplying the vehicles.

Please visit out Police Hybrid webpage (http://www.aspenpitkin.com/depts/53/hybrid.cfm) for more details or contact us directly 970-920-5400.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:59:10 +0000

What everyone fails to realize is that none of those hybrids are rated for patrol use. Meaning, they are not designed to handle the rigors of patrol, high speed driving, pursuits, etc. They just wouldn’t stand up to the wear and tear.

By: Harold Davis

Harold Davis — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:07:16 +0000

I have been driving my 2007 Escape hybrid for a little over a year, for 18,ooo miles and find it to be extremely comfortabe and economical.
i use it for a survey vehicle, and can carry all of the equipment i need.

By: Max Reid

Max Reid — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:23:37 +0000

Its a good idea.
These police vehicles travel atleast 30,000 miles with most of them in and around cities and with gas at $3.6/gallon they can easily get the return on investment.

Taxis can also use Hybrids. NYC already has plans to phase out non-hybrids with Hybrids by 2012.

By: matty333

matty333 — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:38:25 +0000

aassss iffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff check oult the peugot 308 deisel electric hybrid….. alot better then gas electric. have a look its simple y would anyone go back to petril electric or gas electric