White, unmarked (externally, but internally mounted blue lights) Tesla being trialled, probably will be bought by one or more Fire Services in UK. Avon covers cities with Zero/Low Emission Zones (Bristol & Bath), so important to switch to electric for all public-sector cars/vehicles. They need to replace half their fleet in next couple of years. Advantage of their trial Model 3 Long Range is that it has internal lights, so better aero and not the same marked car in other UK news stories. Seeing more of these being trialled and eventually used by senior Fire Officers can only be good. They had electric e-Niros before, but not happy with range/residual values.
Includes quotes from Fleet Manager & very impressed Fire Service advanced driving instructor. Once the savings are obvious & a few have led the way, I'd expect demand to take off, especially in larger cities planning to introduce Zero/Low Emission Zones
We speak to the fire brigade looking to adopt Teslas across their flees and find out the challenges and opportunities of EV emergency vehicles
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