Fighting crime and saving taxpayer dollars with the 2020 Ford Police Interceptor Hybrid

Officially America’s best-selling police vehicle, the 2020 Ford Police Interceptor Utility, a police-outfitted upgrade of the civilian 2020 Ford Explorer, began shipping for delivery in August, meaning it’s already on duty at departments all over the U.S., helping keep our streets safe. Now Ford is poised to help take a bite out of crime AND departments’ fuel costs, with the 2020 Ford Police Interceptor Hybrid.

Packing a utility belt full of clever and useful police equipment, the 2020 Ford Police Interceptor Hybrid also offers world-class fuel economy via a gas-electric powertrain that includes both a powerful gasoline engine and electric motors that allow it to run solely on stored electrical power.

The result is an EPA-estimated 23 miles per gallon in the city and 24 mpg combined fuel economy — a fuel economy improvement of 41 percent when compared to the gasoline-only 2020 Ford Police Interceptor Utility with a 2.7-liter gas engine. That improvement in fuel economy will save taxpayers between $3,500 to $5,700 per year for every 2020 Ford Police Interceptor Hybrid sold.

According to a press release from Ford, Law Enforcement Agencies in the United States have placed orders for over 15,000 gasoline powered 2020 Ford Police Inceptor models, and over 2,600 orders for the 2020 Ford Police Interceptor Hybrid. That includes an order for 39 2020 Ford Police Interceptor Hybrids placed by the Los Angeles Police Department, which hopes to eventually make their fleet all-hybrid for both cost and environmental reasons.

Lest you think a hybrid police vehicle can’t get the job done, testing completed by the Michigan State Police in 2018 showed that a prototype Ford Police Interceptor Utility Hybrid had the fastest 0-100 mph acceleration and highest top speed of any police vehicle they had tested other than the Ford Police Interceptor Utility powered by a twin-turbo 3.0-liter EcoBoost engine.

Ford estimates that if every Ford Police Interceptor Utility sold in 2018 had been one of the new hybrid models, American police agencies would have burned 43 million fewer gallons of fuel per year, which equates to an estimated savings of between $118 million and $193 million annually.
“Our Police Interceptor Utility’s standard hybrid powertrain provides the potential for significant fuel savings with improved performance and no tradeoffs in safety or cargo space,” said Stephen Tyler, Ford police brand marketing manager. “It’s a win-win-win formula for law enforcement.”

Helping America’s finest get the job done safely and more efficiently is all in a day’s work at Ford, where cutting edge engineering and design go hand-in-hand. Ready to see what Ford can do for you? Stop in today at McLarty Daniel Ford of Bentonville for a test drive, or check out our full selection of hard-working Ford cars, trucks, vans and SUVs at our website right now.

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