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The greatest police agency in the world, the NYPD, is going from mean cars to Green cars. There are currently 3,000 gas-guzzling Chevy Impalas patrolling the streets of New York City. Not like it’s hard enough conserving fuel with all that stop-and-go traffic. But there are more and more hybrid patrol cars hitting Big Apple’s roads. 76 Nissan Altima hybrids are now on the force, along with 30 (of an upcoming 102) Ford Fusion hybrids.
Heir Mayor Bloomberg stated that the hybrid vehicles use less fuel and emit fewer pollutants into the air we breathe. The long term plan is to ensure that all the patrol cars are environment friendly vehicles in order to reduce the city’s carbon footprint 30% by the year 2017.
According to EPA estimates, the Ford Fusion 41 miles per gallon – which is more than double the gas mileage of the Impala patrol car.
Source: Green Packs
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