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In the police, we have approximately 3,000 vehicles at our disposal. Of them, the vast majority are patrol cars, which drive a great many kilometers every year - on diesel, unfortunately. Therefore, it is also the patrol cars that emit the most CO2. Although the police's emergency vehicles are initially excluded from the government's sustainability strategy for the public sector, which among other things must lead Denmark towards a 70 percent reduction in greenhouse gases in 2030 compared to the level in 1990, the National Police has decided to launch a pilot test with 10 uniformed electric patrol cars. The choice of electric car has fallen on a VW ID4 GTX, which is a large and spacious SUV with 4-wheel drive and plenty of power. It has one engine on the front axle and one on the rear axle, where the two engines together produce 299 horsepower. Despite its size and weight, it accelerates from 0-100 km/h in 6.2 seconds. The ten electric patrol cars are to be distributed in four police districts: East Jutland Police, Central and West Jutland Police and Copenhagen Vestegns Police will each receive two electric patrol cars, while Copenhagen Police will receive four. In the video here, with police assistant Christian Berthelsen, you can hear more about why it is a good idea for the police to gain experience with electric cars in emergency situations, and you can also see how the new electric car has been made ready to go out on the street and enter on an equal footing with the police's diesel-powered patrol cars. The pilot scheme will run in 2023, and the experience gained from this will form the basis for a future green strategy for the police.