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Turning aside the advice of city officials, the Spokane City Council will force the Spokane Police Department to purchase four new electric patrol cars.
After weeks of debate, the council voted Monday to purchase four Tesla Model Y SUVs, overriding a plan outlined by city officials to purchase two hybrid and two traditional gasoline-powered vehicles.
The Tesla purchase was pushed by Council President Breean Beggs, who lamented more than a year of hesitation from city officials to build electric vehicle infrastructure despite a state law that requires local governments to begin replacing old vehicles with electric models “to the extent practicable” by 2018.
Spokane Wants to Switch to Electric Police Vehicles The City Council president is ready for the police department to change from gasoline to electric-powered vehicles, like Teslas, but some council members are wary and still unsure of a pilot program. Adam Shanks, The Spokesman-Review | December 11, 2020 | News
(TNS) Spokane, Wash., City Council President Breean Beggs is pushing the city to begin converting the Spokane Police Department fleet from gasoline to electric vehicles, but other city officials are warning he s moving too fast, too soon.
Beggs has been voicing frustration in recent weeks and wondering aloud why the city won t agree to pilot the use of four electric vehicles for the police department while it builds a long-term electrification plan.
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