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Electric vehicle acceleration from today's Numlock News:
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Municipal adoption of electric vehicles is picking up faster than anticipated among police departments, which have begun to take note that the acceleration on these cars is way, way zippier than in an internal combustion engine. Tired of getting outraced by EVs, police departments have snapped up Tesla Model Ys in particular given the model's range and power. The Michigan State Police's precision driving unit publishes vehicle data for police departments nationwide, and clocked the Chevy Blazer EV and the Ford Mustang Mach-E going from 0 to 100 mph in 11 seconds, half the time of gas-powered options. The NYPD has about 200 EVs, and the chief fleet officer reported a 60 percent to 70 percent maintenance savings compared to the gas-powered squad cars.