New York City could possibly be the best place in the world for a Hybrid Police car. NYC is obviously a dense city, where speed and power of the old Crown Vics would be wasted energy. Apparently I'm not the only one who thought so, so the NYPD has just purchased a fleet of 40 hybrid cars.
This is the first step in an effort to reduce the Manhattan green house gases by as much as 30% by 2017. A very lofty and worthy goal for any city, but especially one as large and trend setting as New York. Furthermore, this first step to reduce emissions will only benefit a portion of NYC. The 40 hybrid police cars are expected to only handle a handful of precincts. Namely the precincts with the most stop and go traffic or long patrol areas.
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