Future Cop Cars

[SaferRides]

There are a whole raft of issues around diesel vehicles, and just banning cars may not achieve much if nothing is done about commercial vehicles and trucks.

My diesel wagon does most of its km on the open road and gets 50 mpg. No plans to change it until I can buy a similar EV with at least 400 km range.

[Laava]

With this big push to ban petrol and diesel vehicles, I suppose that means there will be more fuel available for the planes, so, more planes?

[sidecar bob]

Exhaust emissions are bad for you, unless you pay a daily fee, then they're perfectly ok.
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ult...-emission-zone

[sidecar bob]

With this big push to ban petrol and diesel vehicles, I suppose that means there will be more fuel available for the planes, so, more planes?

They may not need it.
https://www.businessinsider.com/here...8-5/?r=AU&IR=T

[husaberg]

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When I was working in Singapore around 2000, these things were everywhere.
A '70's Toyota Crown platform with Hi Ace running gear & some modern ish lights & bumpers.
Just a utilitarian commercial sedan.
There was a Nissan equivalent that was basically a '70's 260c platform with running gear from a Navara diesel ute.
Seems your theory isn't too tough for some manufacturers to comprehend.
Singapore Govt only allowed them to do one million KM before being retired.
A weekend away to Batam or Bintan island would turn up the ones they had sold off or given away with over one million that were still. . err. . . Going.

Neat stuff


It looks like the version in the pic you posted finished production only just last year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Comfort


The Nissan cedric finished in 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Cedric_Y31

Looks like the modern Nissan infinity platform could also be used.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infiniti_M#2006
Toyota have this modern platform still in production
But all the big engine options are hybrids.


Hyundi have this which is what the Kia stinger is based on

[merv]

Exhaust emissions are bad for you, unless you pay a daily fee, then they're perfectly ok.
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ult...-emission-zone

Paris already has the Crit'Air system in place which requires a sticker on the vehicle to denote its age and Euro rating. It seems like there is a small fee for the sticker but no ongoing charge, but they limit access of the vehicles to Paris central. Of interest is that all motorcycles and scooters registered before 1 June 2000 models are not eligible for stickers so will be fined if operated in the city between 8am and 8pm weekdays. Diesels are certainly given the hardest time on their categorisation. I haven't figured out what they are doing beyond banning certain vehicles but I guess they will drop eligibility year on year until nothing but green or category 1 are allowed. I understand Berlin started something similar as far back as 2008.

Not sure what this does to our thread on cop cars other than they shouldn't drive diesels and introducing something like this certainly gives them a bigger enforcement task

Vehicle classification here: https://www.crit-air.fr/en/informati...r-colours.html

[Swoop]

With this big push to ban petrol and diesel vehicles, I suppose that means there will be more fuel available for the planes, so, more planes?

Remember that the Lunatic Fringe Party want a complete ban on oil exploration and drilling - anywhere - any time. They have forgotten that oil is used in the production of all sorts of other products (medical...) other than petrol, so the Green party's fuckwits can get back to riding their horse to work (obviously growing crops in the fields).

When proper electric vehicles are developed (we are not there yet, still developing them) then the "world will be saved" - again. Remember that we have already saved the world by getting rid of paper carrier bags that used to be used in supermarkets? Lucky we saved the trees by polluting the oceans with plastic instead...

[R650R]

They'll have trouble getting their main client base in the back seat of the lift back because of the low roof line.

I don't understand why they keep buying cars when SUV's are far more practical.

They seem popular with the yanks these days... this vid with three diff dashcams shows one flaw....

[R650R]

There are a whole raft of issues around diesel vehicles, and just banning cars may not achieve much if nothing is done about commercial vehicles and trucks.

My diesel wagon does most of its km on the open road and gets 50 mpg. No plans to change it until I can buy a similar EV with at least 400 km range.

And military.... The USAF consumes 50% a year of the worlds fuel supply... bombing other countries to secure fuel supplies hmmmmmmmm

Just imagine how ridiculous it will be for patrol cars to need recharging when there all double/tripl shifted to begin with, whens the downtime to recharge?
A ground based army WONT be able to move fast enough (talking days not kph) to sustain an effective invasion or response with electric.

[WALRUS]

Future cop cars?

[Hoonicorn]

The Opel Insignia which is what the new Commodore is, is the Vectra replacement in Europe. Do the NZ police realise they've downsized to Vectra's for the same price?

[FJRider]

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[WALRUS]

Our boys and girls in blue seem to have just purchased a fleet of Subaru Liberties

[husaberg]

Our boys and girls in blue seem to have just purchased a fleet of Subaru Liberties

2.5 or 3.6l

[WALRUS]

I think I recall someone saying they were 3.6's but I may be mistaken. I've seen them about but I've not been close enough to have a sticky beak at the badges on them.