California police depts. going green with Teslas complain they’re ‘nearly unusable’ as squad cars

California police are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on Teslas to comply with the state's zero-emissions mandate, but some find them “almost useless” as patrol cars. Since Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill in 2020 mandating that all vehicles sold in California be zero-emissions by 2035, several municipalities have begun purchasing modified electric vehicles. […]