Becker, Poncharello, forgive them because they don't know what they are doing.
The electric wave also overwhelms security forces, and it is increasingly less rare to see patrols on electric motorcycles around the world. Of course, however, an e-bike…
This new Delfast Top Cop rightfully introduces the police electric bike among the figures that the collective imagination associates with “good will never win”.
Top Cop is a model derived directly from the Top 2.0, a high-performance e-bike developed by the company.
The Top 2.0 is (believe it or not) an electric bicycle already on the market with a 5kW motor that reaches a speed of 80 kilometers per hour. And call it a bicycle. Sure, it has pedals, but something tells me we're unlikely to see them in the lead role.
Delfast even claims that the bike's enhanced acceleration is "capable of competing with most cars over half a kilometre." Unbeatable on lightning chases, right?
Police e-bike: respectable autonomy
The Top Cop version of the bike also has a fairly large battery that guarantees 280 km of declared range. I'm not sure bicycle cops travel that much during a patrol shift, but it means they'll have more energy for those nano-chases we talked about earlier.
Delfast is not new to electric solutions with great autonomy: a few years ago it broke the Guinness World Record for the longest electric bike ride on a single charge and without pedaling.
Less expenses
Delfast believes its police e-bike can also deliver significant savings. Compared to electric motorcycles, the company estimates that its e-bikes cost around €2.000 less per year in maintenance and operating costs, not to mention the much lower purchase price.
Tests and negotiations are already underway with over 20 police departments to introduce Top Cop e-bikes, which can be customized with a variety of tactical accessories. The standard equipment consists of a siren, enhanced headlights, load compartment, GPS locator and engine block.
On balance it's a good deal
After all, there are good savings and with e-bikes the police can access otherwise difficult to reach parts of the city. All in all, in urban centers 80km per hour is quite a lot, and a traffic violation is unlikely to end in a chase. Yes, in the end I would say that this police e-bike could work.
