Ford’s Police Responder Hybrid Sedan is twice as efficient as the average cop car Pity the life of the average police car. Driven in shifts, it might easily hit 20,000 miles (32,000km) in a year. And if that's not enough, a car driven two shifts a day might spend up to ten hours a day idling. That's tough on the car, but it's even tougher on the planet thanks to all those pollutants, and it's even tough on the taxpayer's wallet. After all, gas isn't free. Based on the Ford Fusion Hybrid, the Police Responder Hybrid Sedan uses a 2.0L, four-cylinder Atkinson-cycle engine under the hood, coupled to a hybrid system (although we don't have the exact specs of that yet.) It's capable of up to 60mph on electric power alone and at 38mpg combined, the hybrid cop car is twice as efficient as Ford's (conventionally powered) Police Interceptor. Even though the hybrid is more expensive than a Police Interceptor, it should break even within a year for a vehicle that's driven 20,000 miles a year, runs two shifts, and which idles about 10 hours a day. See http://ift.tt/2pIP5fn
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