Next Generation Police Car is More 007 than Adam 12
“You think about James Bond. You think about Knight Rider and all these fictional characters. They all had cool cars. This car is actually real.”
The Carbon Motors "E7"
That’s how Carbon Motors CEO William Santana Li describes the “E7″ — a prototype vehicle that he hopes will become standard issue for police departments across America.
Unlike conventional police cruisers, which are modified consumer passenger vehicles, the E7 is the first car built specifically for law enforcement.
Night vision, automatic license plate recognition cameras and other high-tech crime-fighting gadgets are embedded in the car. Read my story on FOXNews.com for full details.
The prototype is on a nine city, nationwide tour as company officials try to market the E7 to law enforcement officials and municipal fleet managers. We caught up with the car in Greenville, SC. I brought my personal camera along and shot the video below.
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I wish we had this type of vehicle ten years ago. It’s about time someone built a vehicle made for law enforcement. To bad the cities and counties will not buy these vehicles not unless they are on state bid process. The truth of the matter is most city and county govt’s don’t care what kind of vehicle the police drive, even if it’s the perfect vehicle for law enforcement.
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