2020 PIU Hybrid

[Garda934]

I has an opportunity to drive my department's Hybrid PIU on Saturday and it is a POS: it is heavier than the gas PIU and you can feel it in the turns, the drivetrain is clunky when shifting between the gas motor and electric and there is also a very annoying delay when you hit the gas pedal and when the vehicle actually starts moving. The gas mileage is not that much better than the 2017 PIU I use and I drive about 150 miles in a shift and idle a couple of hours. The Hybrid is a School Resource Officers car and is a take home squad and is not used as a regular patrol squad. 3/4 of tank in my squad will give me about 200 plus miles until the low fuel light comes on, per the display photo below this squad has a range of about 171 miles and this is calculated over 707 hours and 5257 miles. The plus side it has more interior room.

I will add a photo of my what my squad mpg/fuel is over the course of 3 shifts starting Thursday thru Saturday for a comparison.

 

[Dale5403]

I don't see where this applies to the ST.

 

[Garda934]

I don't see where this applies to the ST.

I doesn't that is why it is Posted in "off topic". There have been discussions about PIU performance in older threads and one involving a chase where the officer was ragging on the performance of his PIU which turned out to be a Hybrid. I had an opportunity to drive one and can verify it really isn't great as pursuit vehicle and it doesn't save as much fuel as claimed by Ford, plus they having been having issues with the Hybrid more than the regular gas squads.