A Tesla electric patrol car with the Fremont, Calif., Police was forced to back off from a pursuit after the vehicle's battery ran low in the middle of the chase.
�Just slowed down to six miles of battery on the Tesla, so I may lose it here in a sec,?the officer in the pursuit said, according to police radio transmissions obtained by KPIX 5.?�If someone else is able, can they maneuver into the No. 1 spot??br />
Other officers then took over the pursuit. The chase was called off after it was deemed unsafe because of the reckless driving of the suspect. The suspect�s vehicle was later found abandoned in San Jose.
The department is in the midst of a pilot program using 2014 Tesla model S 85 vehicles as part of Fremont�s push to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent from its 2005 baseline by 2020.
�The Tesla wasn�t fully charged at the beginning of the shift,?a Fremont police spokesperson told KPIX 5. �This, unfortunately, happens from time to time, even in our vehicles that run on gas, if they aren�t refueled at the end of a shift.?br />
The Fremont Police Department did not immediately return a request for comment from Fox News. However, Fremont Police spokeswoman Geneva Bosquez told CNN the general guideline for electric vehicles is that they should be at least half-full at the beginning of the shift, as this particular vehicle was.
�Just slowed down to six miles of battery on the Tesla, so I may lose it here in a sec,?the officer in the pursuit said, according to police radio transmissions obtained by KPIX 5.?�If someone else is able, can they maneuver into the No. 1 spot??br />
Other officers then took over the pursuit. The chase was called off after it was deemed unsafe because of the reckless driving of the suspect. The suspect�s vehicle was later found abandoned in San Jose.
The department is in the midst of a pilot program using 2014 Tesla model S 85 vehicles as part of Fremont�s push to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent from its 2005 baseline by 2020.
�The Tesla wasn�t fully charged at the beginning of the shift,?a Fremont police spokesperson told KPIX 5. �This, unfortunately, happens from time to time, even in our vehicles that run on gas, if they aren�t refueled at the end of a shift.?br />
The Fremont Police Department did not immediately return a request for comment from Fox News. However, Fremont Police spokeswoman Geneva Bosquez told CNN the general guideline for electric vehicles is that they should be at least half-full at the beginning of the shift, as this particular vehicle was.
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