Roads Policing Unit in Limerick goes green - new EVs!

Kramer · 27-01-2023 3:11pm #1

Great to see this adoption of EVs by more & more public services.

https://www.limerickleader.ie/video/home/1020265/green-limerick-gardai-get-an-electric-boost-with-new-evs.html

I know, I know, it's only 2, but baby steps.

Sure they're not full BEVs, but they are still electric.

OK, I know they're not PHEVs, but still green & less carbons, so all good.

Wait..........are these even EVs? The headline seems to suggest so..........

At least they're not diesels 🤣.

slave1 · 27-01-2023 3:44pm

not EVs

the_amazing_raisin · 27-01-2023 3:54pm

Sure the guards in Dublin have been driving around in Kona and Tucson hybrids for a while now

unkel · 27-01-2023 5:27pm

The Gardai in Dublin had a Hyundai Ioniq electric (yes a pure bred, electric only, zero emissions, BEV) about 5 years ago.

@Kramer - if I were from Limerick, that's not the sort of article I would link to, to put attention on my county (being backwards) 🤣

Casati · 27-01-2023 6:31pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058281609/roads-policing-unit-in-limerick-goes-green-new-evs

E.V.'s and as the good Garda points out 'no need to plug it in' 😂😂😂

silver_sky · 27-01-2023 6:54pm

They're petrol cars, not EVs.

the_amazing_raisin · 27-01-2023 7:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120166531#Comment_120166531

Honestly I'd be worried what would happen if they tried, probably end up burning the station down

Abel Magwitch · 27-01-2023 7:10pm

I can't understand the sentiment here, the guards are doing something which will reduce emissions and people are just slating them on a purity test. Seriously some people need to give it a rest, it's about cars it's not a religion

the_amazing_raisin · 27-01-2023 8:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120166768#Comment_120166768

Ah we're just having a laugh, the article title is misleading implying the vehicles are fully electric when they're hybrids

I think Toyota or Hyundai got busted on false advertising a while back for doing the same thing

unkel · 27-01-2023 8:54pm

Toyota. For their "self charging" cars. That ad is banned pretty much in the whole world for being misleading. Except of course in Ireland. Lord only knows how many people in this country are in their pocket.

Hyundai actually make real electric cars. And very good ones at that.

TitianGerm · 27-01-2023 9:37pm

There's a Garda Ioniq 5 in Wexford Town.

slave1 · 27-01-2023 11:20pm

I wonder if they charge them, do they end up in court?

/I'll get my coat

Kramer · 28-01-2023 12:07am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120168028#Comment_120168028

As a bright spark said, they're only discharging their duties. In fairness, there's a lot of regeneration there.

In other news, a local plumber has just purchased a new petrol car. It's envisaged Ireland's CO2 emissions will now plummet. RTE have an outside broadcast unit on the way to document the event.

😀.

Kramer · 28-01-2023 12:17am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120166213#Comment_120166213

Good job I'm not from Limerick so 😀.

I bet 2x diesels could ultimately be better in that role (RPU/high mileage/motorway use etc), in terms of CO2 emissions, than petrol hybrids. Sure, diesel emissions would be bad if used in a mainly urban environment, but the RPU aren't really a city operational unit.

But they are not EVs.

A cheap Model 3 LR would be ideal - SuC just out the road on the M7 etc.

unkel · 28-01-2023 12:29am

Model 3 P even better. Nobody will be able to get away 😎

Motorway police in the Netherlands in the 70s and 80s:

As you can imagine, these police officers got the respect they deserved.

Berty · 28-01-2023 10:09am

It's one of my local papers and nothing but a rag with click bait online articles and filled with adverts. I saw it the other day, knew it was wrong but they were likely hoping for a load of the usual disillusioned comments about why they didn't spent the money on the hospital or the homeless.

Many of their articles are just taken from other sources, online ones mostly from Garda Twitter, and most likely rewritten using Quillbot or similar.

unkel · 28-01-2023 11:44am

Yeah I never understand those comments from people giving out about Gardai getting decent fast cars because they cost a lot. To "man" a Garda patrol car 24/7/365 with 2 Gardai, takes about 10 full time jobs, which costs the most of €1 million per year in labour cost and pension. Does it really matter if the car costs €50k per year then? Also if Gardai are to drive cars at high speeds during their duty (serving and protecting us), do they not deserve the best possible safety while they are doing that?

Very powerful, fast police cars prevent crime. Simple as.

THE ALM · 28-01-2023 12:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167495#Comment_120167495

They got a few of them on the go, one in Athlone also.

AidenL · 28-01-2023 1:07pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167495#Comment_120167495

And Donegal Town.

Jizique · 28-01-2023 1:36pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167101#Comment_120167101

Wait till you hear about Full Self Driving and "autopilot"

the_amazing_raisin · 28-01-2023 1:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120169387#Comment_120169387

Or as it's now known, "how Elon could afford to sink $44 billion on twitter" 😂

creedp · 28-01-2023 3:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120169096#Comment_120169096

Many people just don't like to see public servants getting nice things funded by the hard pressed taxpayer

unkel · 28-01-2023 4:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120169741#Comment_120169741

Yeah. Very much a thick, blinkered view. If you go by my simple calculation of costs there alone.

the_amazing_raisin · 28-01-2023 9:36pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120169096#Comment_120169096

Tbh only a few of the road policing units really need fast cars. We don't have that many high speed chases and the guards policy seems to be to run them down and try to clear the roads ahead to stop the miscreants car from killing anyone

It's a much better policy IMO than in America where they seem to force them off the road and then shoot everyone in the car 15 times

Sorry, I might have been spending too much time in the politics forum 😜

I do agree there's no point in cheaping out on police vehicles. Seems to me however the best qualities would be that it can be run for long hours cheaply and can also take a Fiat Punto being driven into it at speed and still drive

So, looking forward to seeing the guards rolling around in a Cybertruck 😂

zg3409 · 01-02-2023 5:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120169320#Comment_120169320

To be fair in Donegal town they have a new station, with NO EV charger, on street parking with foothoath so they probably can't get a charger and they abandon the Garda car across the road at the esb ecars public charge point. Hopefully a charger is planned but might not be easily possible. At least if the charge point is blocked you can just ring 999

the_amazing_raisin · 01-02-2023 11:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120187931#Comment_120187931

That would be 112 you mean 😜

Roads Policing Unit in Limerick goes green - new EVs!

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