Ford’s made an electric police truck

To give it its full, unabridged name, this is the Ford F-150 Lightning Pro Special Service Vehicle. Which means it’s a police truck, just one built on Ford’s new F-150 Lightning.

Looks like electricity might be the better option for city police work. Acceleration is bonkers (it’ll do zero to 60mph in four seconds), there’s room to carry all sorts of emergency response gear in the front boot and tray back, and the onboard battery can power lights or electrical equipment at a crime scene or accident.

Of course, the first joke that any anti-electric contingent will say is asking criminals to wait while they recharge and har-dee-har hold our sides et cetera.

But, as Donald Glover once reminded us, this is America. And if there’s one thing that Americans do not do by halves, it’s serving sizes. And if there are two things that Americans do not do by halves, it’s serving sizes and police department spending. And Ford has an entire police advisory board, the entire purpose of which is to work with law enforcement to make the cars that work best for cops.

So you’ll be unsurprised to find simpler cop car features like easy clean seats and floors, reinforced mounting points for radios and SCMODS, and... steel intrusion plates in the front seats, presumably so the cops don’t catch a surprise shank from their rear-seat passenger.