Police in California are experiencing what happens when good intentions crash into reality. Police departments are transitioning to battery powered vehicles but those vehicles come with challenges that make cops’ jobs more difficult.

California’s push to mandate that all new cars produce zero tailpipe emissions by 2035 doesn’t just include privately owned vehicles. Instead, the initiative also includes the state’s government and police departments. Unfortunately, but perhaps understandably, officers are hesitant and even angry with Tesla police cars.

Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged that all cars sold in California be zero-emission by 2035, but the go-green mandate is tough for police.

California Police departments are using electric Tesla patrol cars in a new green initiative - but complaints have emerged about the vehicles. The change comes after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law that all vehicles will be zero-emission by 2035 - and one police department,