The Hyattsville Police Department (HPD) is in the midst of a pilot program to determine if an all-electric patrol vehicle is able to withstand the rigors of day-to-day policing.
Troy Bradley, HPD’s fleet and mobile technology manager, said the department is trying to come up with an alternative to gas-powered vehicles and see if an electric squad car would fit within its patrol for daily use.
“Currently,” Bradley said, “we have Ford Explorers and Ford Tauruses, so this would just give us something else that we can utilize within the city.”…