Last week, Brammo announced that Hong Kong officials would be going green as the electric motorcycle manufacturer became the official motorcycle for the Hong Kong police force and other government agencies. It looks like London could be going the way of the electric motorcycle as well.
London officials have been quietly testing out the Zero DS as the weigh the decision to switch to an electric motorcycle. The Met has already taken a small fleet of electric motorcycles to start testing the possibilities of using electric motorcycles for police enforcement.
"The Motorcycle Team is very excited to be given the opportunity to test the Zero DS under everyday police conditions," said Mick Cheeseman, Sergeant in the Motorcycle Tasking Team for the Met. " Much of our work is about giving advice and instruction on keeping motorcyclists safe on London's roads, and being able to do this on an electric motorcycle means also we can aim to reduce our impact on the environment. The Zero DS is a technologically advanced machine and we look forward to trialling it over the next few weeks to see how it can be used to as a daily part of our police business."
Edwin Belonje, Managing Director, Zero Motorcycles Europe, added, "We are very pleased to have this opportunity to work with London's Metropolitan Police and to support their efforts to find ways to reduce their carbon output by using zero emission vehicles on a daily basis. The Zero DS will provide them with an insight into the huge benefits of electric vehicles, including noise reduction, particularly relevant in pedestrian areas, reduced running costs as there is minimal servicing and maintenance costs associated with electric vehicles, and obviously lower fuel costs."
According to a press release, the ZERO DS is already being used by law enforcement agencies in Scotts Valley, Calif., Santa Cruz, Calif., the City of Pointe-Claire and by the New Mexico Fish and Wildlife Service.
