It turns out that Tesla police cars are running out of gas

Hartman radioed nearby colleagues: "I have only six miles of battery on the Tesla, so I risk losing it here in a second," before asking his colleagues to start the place. As a result, the prosecution was quickly canceled for reasons of public safety. Hartman then left for a charging station to return to the city.

According to spokesman of the Fremont Police Department, Geneva Bosques, Tesla's battery was not recharged after the shift before Hartman's, so the battery level was lower than what it was. he would normally have been. In general, there was between 40% and 50% of Tesla batteries at the end of a shift. Fremont police captain Sean Washington said in a previous interview: "

The Fremont Police Service became the first police service in the country to incorporate a Tesla into its patrol park. It monitors the operation of the vehicle as part of a pilot program whose findings should be communicated to the city council soon.

In this case, the low battery of the Tesla had no bearing on the outcome of the prosecution – the crime vehicle was found crushed in bushes not far from the place where the lawsuit had been canceled. However, history is an important reminder that any vehicle – whether electric, combustion engine or other – may run out of juice at the most inopportune time.