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Tesla Model S EVs to Enforce the Law in Luxembourg

Even though we're no economy experts (or perhaps precisely because we're not), I think we can all agree that the government is doing a pretty bad job of administering the public funds.
Tesla Model S in Luxembourg police strip 1 photo
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You can go to every country in this world and ask around, and in nine cases out of then you'll get the majority of the people in agreement with this statement. We pay our taxes like the good citizens we are, and then the government goes and screws everything up. In our best interest, of course.

Last year, pictures of an LAPD-branded Tesla Model S surfaced online, and the word was that the department was considering the acquisition of an EV fleet. A few weeks later the information came through that the police department had decided on a bunch of cheaper BMW i3s, which it got at a discount.

While that might appears sensible of them, whether buying a low-performance electric vehicle was a good idea at the time is still debatable. However, with air pollution a growing problem in all major cities around the world, switching to vehicles with zero tailpipe emissions is always timely.

The Model S was eventually overlooked (apart from two P85Ds) due to the high cost, but Tesla's performance luxury sedan is making a comeback in other parts of the world. The EV has been chosen by the Luxembourg police to act as a patrol car, but there's one very important reason why this makes a lot more sense there than in any other place.

If you paid any attention during your Geography class when talking about mini-states, you'd know Luxembourg was one of them. So, with 82 km (51 miles) in length and 57 km (35 miles) in width, the usual range limitations of an EV become irrelevant.

The decision came as part of the government's decision to have ten percent of the new vehicles entering the state's official fleets use either electric or hybrid powertrains. The Teslas will cost €100,000 each, RTL says, and will act as some sort of a pilot project. If everything goes well, the Luxembourg police might receive more electric vehicles in the future, with two more already in the cards.
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