Carbon Motors Shows Off New Police Car
New Type of Police Car Unveiled
Carbon E7 Police Car in Chicago
All about the Carbon E7
The Carbon E7 is a brand new kind of vehicle from the ground up - it's a 30mpg, diesel-powered, four door sedan - with a 300 hp engine that can go 0-65 in less than seven seconds, has a top speed of 155mph - and is being compared to a jet fighter as far as technology goes inside the car.
Yeah, it's black and white, and certainly intimidating looking, but the list of features it comes with is downright crazy; considering the current main choice of cop car (that being the Crown Vic) probably doesn't even come with power windows!
This bad-boy has "integrated external and internal surveillance capabilities, radar, LoJack, an automatic license plate recognition system, radiation and biological threat detectors and 360 degree, high visibility, built-in LED emergency lighting - along with that slick engine described above.
It also comes with what Carbon calls ORCA - the "On-board Rapid Command Architecture" with a large touch-screen main display and a separate touch screen keyboard that lets the driver actually communicate and control all the equipment in the car. Nice touch.
Anyway, the big question remains this: where can I get one? And will they built them for TV stations? OK - not really. In fact, the price tag hasn't been set yet, but Carbon says it will be "close to what cities currently pay" for police cars.
In reality - the big questions are 1)Where they are going to put the factory to build these things (the company is headquartered in Atlanta) and 2) Will cities around the nation and world make the switch from old and reliable, traditional police cars - to this new style of them.
The company makes a good argument - saying firefighters, ambulance companies, and yes, even the garbage man drive custom-made vehicles - so why should police officers work out of converted passenger cars?
The company hopes to begin deliveries by 2012 - so there's certainly some time between now and then for all this to get worked out.
SELECTED FEATURES AND OPTIONS
All-new purpose-built vehicle platform exclusively for law enforcement
* Meets or exceeds all regulatory requirements
* Designed to 250,000 mile durability specification
* Turn-key built-to-direct-order - 24/7/365 call center support
* Turn-key end-of-vehicle-life process
* Comprehensive warranty
* Aluminum spaceframe body structure
* 75 mph rear impact crash capability
* Cockpit with fully-integrated factory fitted law enforcement equipment
* Integrated emergency lights, spot lights, take down lights, and directional stick
* Segment exclusive coach rear doors for safer suspect ingress and egress
* Vehicle dynamic control
* Anti-lock brakes
* Optimized approach / departure angles and ground clearance
* NIJ Level III-A (or better) ballistic protection (front doors and dash panel)
* Purpose-designed seat for use with on-body equipment - Heated and ventilated seats
* Heads up display
* Reverse backup camera
* Remote start capability
* Driver specific intelligent key
* 360 degree exterior surveillance capability
* Automatic license plate recognition system
* Video and audio surveillance of rear passenger compartment
* 130hz - 350hz bass siren
* Nightvision compliant interior illumination
* Integrated forward looking infrared system (FLIR)
* Integrated shotgun mounts
* Optimized storage capability (compartment and cargo)
* Integrated front and rear passenger compartment partition
* Hoseable rear passenger compartment
* Integrated push bumpers and PIT capability
+ the rear seating is made out of plastic for easy cleanup.
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New Type of Police Car Unveiled
Carbon E7 Police Car in Chicago
All about the Carbon E7
The Carbon E7 is a brand new kind of vehicle from the ground up - it's a 30mpg, diesel-powered, four door sedan - with a 300 hp engine that can go 0-65 in less than seven seconds, has a top speed of 155mph - and is being compared to a jet fighter as far as technology goes inside the car.
Yeah, it's black and white, and certainly intimidating looking, but the list of features it comes with is downright crazy; considering the current main choice of cop car (that being the Crown Vic) probably doesn't even come with power windows!
This bad-boy has "integrated external and internal surveillance capabilities, radar, LoJack, an automatic license plate recognition system, radiation and biological threat detectors and 360 degree, high visibility, built-in LED emergency lighting - along with that slick engine described above.
It also comes with what Carbon calls ORCA - the "On-board Rapid Command Architecture" with a large touch-screen main display and a separate touch screen keyboard that lets the driver actually communicate and control all the equipment in the car. Nice touch.
Anyway, the big question remains this: where can I get one? And will they built them for TV stations? OK - not really. In fact, the price tag hasn't been set yet, but Carbon says it will be "close to what cities currently pay" for police cars.
In reality - the big questions are 1)Where they are going to put the factory to build these things (the company is headquartered in Atlanta) and 2) Will cities around the nation and world make the switch from old and reliable, traditional police cars - to this new style of them.
The company makes a good argument - saying firefighters, ambulance companies, and yes, even the garbage man drive custom-made vehicles - so why should police officers work out of converted passenger cars?
The company hopes to begin deliveries by 2012 - so there's certainly some time between now and then for all this to get worked out.
SELECTED FEATURES AND OPTIONS
All-new purpose-built vehicle platform exclusively for law enforcement
* Meets or exceeds all regulatory requirements
* Designed to 250,000 mile durability specification
* Turn-key built-to-direct-order - 24/7/365 call center support
* Turn-key end-of-vehicle-life process
* Comprehensive warranty
* Aluminum spaceframe body structure
* 75 mph rear impact crash capability
* Cockpit with fully-integrated factory fitted law enforcement equipment
* Integrated emergency lights, spot lights, take down lights, and directional stick
* Segment exclusive coach rear doors for safer suspect ingress and egress
* Vehicle dynamic control
* Anti-lock brakes
* Optimized approach / departure angles and ground clearance
* NIJ Level III-A (or better) ballistic protection (front doors and dash panel)
* Purpose-designed seat for use with on-body equipment - Heated and ventilated seats
* Heads up display
* Reverse backup camera
* Remote start capability
* Driver specific intelligent key
* 360 degree exterior surveillance capability
* Automatic license plate recognition system
* Video and audio surveillance of rear passenger compartment
* 130hz - 350hz bass siren
* Nightvision compliant interior illumination
* Integrated forward looking infrared system (FLIR)
* Integrated shotgun mounts
* Optimized storage capability (compartment and cargo)
* Integrated front and rear passenger compartment partition
* Hoseable rear passenger compartment
* Integrated push bumpers and PIT capability
+ the rear seating is made out of plastic for easy cleanup.
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