The Queensland Police Force unveiled its first fully electric highway patrol car on Wednesday, a top of the range Kia EV6 GT Line. The GT-Line AWD version does 0-100 in 5.2 seconds and has 484 km of range, making it an ideal highway patrol car.
According to acting assistant commissioner Matthew Vanderbyl, the 239 kW all-electric model makes the EV6 “the most powerful vehicle in our fleet”.
Last month NSW police announced their first electric vehicle, a BMW iX while earlier this month Western Australia Police took delivery of their first EV patrol car, a Hyundai Ioniq 5. Victorian Police started testing a Tesla Model X as a highway patrol car back in 2019.