Mini-E a silent cop car

The German polizei have added what is believed to be the world's first all-electric police car, a Mini-E, to their fleet.  The Mini-E, unveiled at the recent Essen Motor Show, is part of a campaign encouraging German car enthusiasts who modify their cars with aftermarket tuning products to do so within safe and legal limits.

Police began the campaign in 2005 in response to a massive increase in the number of shoddy and potentially dangerous tuning products entering European markets.

The car receives AC Schnitzer's racing suspension, front and rear skirts and bonnet vents, "MI 2" (7.5J x 18") alloy wheels and a high performance brake system from AC Schnitzer with four-pot fixed calipers on the front axle.

It is fitted with 18-inch AC Schnitzer alloys and Hankook Ventus S1 evo low-rolling-resistance tyres.