Dubai Police have added the Tesla Cybertruck to their fleet of luxury vehicles.
Police confirmed on social media platform X that officers would be taking to the emirate's roads in the futuristic-looking car.
People can see the Cybertruck up close and personal this week as it will be on display in front of the Dubai Ice Rink at Dubai Mall.
It will be available for the public to take commemorative photos, from 10am to 10pm daily until Friday.
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk appeared to be pleased with Dubai Police's acquisition of the car, posting on social media platform X a one-word reply to the news: “Cool”.
“The Dubai Police General Command has added the Tesla Cybertruck, the modern electric car with a futuristic design, to its tourist police luxury patrol fleet,” Police posted on X.
The dual-motor electric vehicle has a bulletproof exoskeleton, shatterproof windscreen and a range of 547km on a full charge.
It can also race to 100kph in 4.3 seconds and has a top speed of about 180kph. Production at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, has been estimated to potentially reach 48,500 vehicles this year, according to investment banks Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS.
In May, The National reported how the Cybertruck was available to rent in Dubai, after speaking to Russian entrepreneur Kirill Sosnovyi, founder of Dubai-based Connect Ai.
“The main reason these cars are so hard to get into the UAE is because there is a big waiting list and the US market is overpriced,” said Mr Sosnovyi, who had one of the vehicles on show alongside a Tesla Roadster in a showroom in Sheikh Zayed Road.
The Cybertruck is far from the first luxury vehicle to be added to the fleet of vehicles belonging to Dubai Police.
In February the force added a Lotus Eletre R, which is recognised as the fastest dual-motor electric SUV, to the high-powered fleet of tourist patrol cars.
In December, a McLaren Artura supercar joined the impressive fleet. With a top speed of 330kph and accelerating from zero to 100kph in three seconds, it is one of the fastest supercars on the market while also being the most fuel-efficient McLaren ever made – with carbon dioxide emissions of 104g/km.
This was hot on the heels of a Lamborghini Urus Performante, which has a four-litre twin-turbo V8 engine, boasting 666 horsepower and can accelerate from zero to 100kph in under 3.3 seconds.
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