Automotive Car Review: Police

I wish I had more of infographics like this to share, this is awesome, and found on SwissStache... "What cop car lights look like"

I wish I had more of infographics like this to share, this is awesome, and found on SwissStache... "What cop car lights look like"

from http://swissstash.tumblr.com/ I can't find a bigger source of infographics, but I also couldn't find any I found interesting at...

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20.12

New Yorker has had enough of parking tickets... he gets out the buzz saw and cuts it down... in front of NYPD parking enforcement

New Yorker has had enough of parking tickets... he gets out the buzz saw and cuts it down... in front of NYPD parking enforcement

found on http://wastedwheels.blogspot.com/

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06.05

Toyota Donates Two Hybrids to Cincinnati

Local governments seem to have a love/hate affair going with hybrids. They like the fuel efficiency and green image they present. They like the ability to make a statement about more than just local affairs, i.e. oil dependency. But what they don't like is how expensive hybrids are. Well, for one precinct in Cincinnati, that's not going to be an issue. Toyota is donating two SUV Highlander Hybrids. The H270 hp Highlander will be used as K-9 Units. With the addition of two more hybrid SUVs, that will bring the Cincinnati department up to eight hybrids. Toyota has a special connection with Cincinnati’s K-9 team. A couple of years ago, the automaker helped the police department acquire and train a patrol dog. The dog, affectionately named “Tundra,” after Toyota’s full-size pickup, is considered one of the best canines of its kind in the country. In 2004, the Cincinnati Police Department hosted the 2004 United States Police Canine Regional Trials, and Toyota contributed $15,000 in support of the local competition. “We are extremely pleased that the Cincinnati Police Department trusts our Highlander Hybrids to the point of adding two more vehicles to their fleet,” said Clyde Dyson, general manager of TMS’ Cincinnati Regional Sales Office. “Toyota has been a strong advocate of local law enforcement for many years, and we feel privileged to be helping them protect and serve the people of the greater Cincinnati area.” In appreciation to Toyota, the Cincinnati Police Department will be conducting K-9 demonstrations for company employees at the Cincinnati Regional Sales Office on Monday, November 2. These demos are open to the Media and begin promptly at 11:30 a.m. During this event, K-9 officers will conduct simulated scenarios for dogs specially trained in bomb and drug detection and standard patrol situations. A few converted, police-owned Highlander Hybrids will also be on display.

Toyota Donates Two Hybrids to Cincinnati

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06.45

Nissan to Re-Tool Tennessee Plant With Federal Loans

<a href="http://hybridreview.blogspot.com/2009/06/nissan-gets-16-billion-in-loans-from-us.html">Nissan is making plans to spend the money from the low cost loan from the government</a> to re-tool the plant in Smyrna, Tennessee (Source: <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aGLimFvAF98A">Nissan Plans Both Electric, Hybrid Cars at U.S. Plant (Update2) - Bloomberg.com</a>). The plant employs 3,900 people and its current capacity is 550,000 cars and light trucks annually, including the hybrid Altima sedan. <blockquote>The electric vehicles will be phased in “to avoid under-utilizing the plant while the market is developing,” said Senior Vice President Andy Palmer.</blockquote> Perhaps they are talking about building their new hybrids here in the US?  We'll have to wait and see about that.  Nissan has been focusing in on the electric vehicle, leaving hybrids to Toyota and Honda.  With the recent spike in hybrid sales, however, <a href="http://hybridreview.blogspot.com/2009/07/nissan-once-again-wants-more-hybrids.html">Nissan is showing a renewed interest in developing their own hybrid technology</a>. Nissan builds and sells a Hybrid Altima, but uses Toyota hybrid technology to do it.  They have plans to sell an <a href="http://hybridreview.blogspot.com/2009/03/infintii-m-hybrid-in-2010.html">Infiniti Hybrid</a> in the coming years, but an electric vehicle is also due. Nissan will spend <a href="http://hybridreview.blogspot.com/2009/06/nissan-gets-16-billion-in-loans-from-us.html">the $1.6 Billion</a> on the plant to build electric vehicles along with hybrids, plus they want to build a plant to create a Li-Ion battery factory next door. The battery factory will be set to make packs for up to 200,000 cars a year, although Nissan expects the demand for electric and plug-ins to be much lower at first. With an expected demand to be around 60,000 plug-ins and 7,500 electric vehicles expected in 2011-2013, mostly due to the new California rules, Nissan doesn't want the new plant to be underutilized, thus the dual nature planned for the re-tooled plant. <blockquote>"I would suggest that the EV market in the U.S. will basically be the California regulatory requirement, plus perhaps 20,000 units," Anderman said. "As long as the gasoline price is under $5 a gallon, there’s no real market for EVs."</blockquote> Another interesting tidbit from the article. Lithium-Ion battery packs capable of moving a vehicle 100 miles was estimated to cost $30,000. That cost is expected to drop rapidly over the next few years down to $15,000. (Estimate was made by Menahem Anderman, president of Advanced Automotive Batteries, a consulting firm in Oregon House, California) That seems high to me, as other estimates I've seen have put battery packs at $10,000 for the new Chevy Volt. But that may be because the Volt is only expected to travel 40 miles on a full charge, with the gas motor recharging the batter after that.

Nissan to Re-Tool Tennessee Plant With Federal Loans

Nissan is making plans to spend the money from the low cost loan from the government to re-tool the plant in Smyrna, Tennessee (Source: Nis...

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08.20

Automotive Car Review

I wish I had more of infographics like this to share, this is awesome, and found on SwissStache... "What cop car lights look like"

New Yorker has had enough of parking tickets... he gets out the buzz saw and cuts it down... in front of NYPD parking enforcement

Toyota Donates Two Hybrids to Cincinnati

Nissan to Re-Tool Tennessee Plant With Federal Loans

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