Tesla cop car abandons chase after 10 miles ... LOW BATTERY!!!!
I swear you couldn't make this shit up! This confirms what every serious electric car test has said since day 1. It DRAMATICALLY shortens range in battery-only electric vehicles when you drive the dog-shit out of them. Or turn up the subwoofer ... or the a/c ... or if it's a cold day ... or if ....
Fremont police Tesla runs low on juice during high-speed chase
...During the pursuit of a “felony vehicle” that started in Fremont and reached peak speeds of about 120 miles per hour on the highway, the officer driving the Tesla radioed in to dispatch that he might not be able to continue the chase he was leading.
“I am down to six miles of battery on the Tesla so I may lose it here in a sec,” Officer Jesse Hartman said....
...“I’ve got to try to find a charging station for the Tesla so I can make it back to the city,” Hartman said over the radio.
He eventually found a charger in San Jose to juice up his car, said Geneva Bosques, a Fremont police department spokeswoman."...
Glad these dumb fucks have their priorities straight. The FLEEING FELONS got away, but at least the cop didn't have to walk home. So there's that.