In 2017, Los Angeles started its eco-friendly project by buying a hundred electric-BMW vehicles for its police department. However, after a few months, police officers' issues using the car for their private usage were reported. Now, the state government was allegedly selling the cars batch-per-batch for very rip-off prices on online stores. Here's how much to buy one.
LAPD sells police cars to auction online?
LAPD adds 100 BMW i3 EVs to its non-emergency fleet pic.twitter.com/rR9f531fU2 — Klaudia Boorn (@lvoadd1) June 8, 2016
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti planned to make a more eco-friendly neighborhood for all Los Angeles citizens. By purchasing electric BMWs for its police officers in LAPD, they began the project.
Electrek reported that the city spent an estimated $10.2 million to finish the project, including the charging station facilities.
"It's all a part of saving the Earth, going green ... quite frankly, to try and save money for the community and the taxpayers," said LAPD Deputy Chief Jorge Villegas in 2017.
However, as per recent times, these cars were reportedly being sold online for lower prices.
Business Insider reported that several local news found LAPD's 2017 version of BMWs being sold online. All of them range their prices starting at $15,000 up to as low as $18,000.
Originally, these car models are priced at more than $43,000. So, that is actually considered very rip-off prices.
Of course, compared to newer models of electric BMWs, these cars were already three-year-old, had low-mileage CPO while some had only 9,000 miles on them.
Business Insider asked the dealership representative on the said websites were the cars were seen. They claim that the store's first shipment of BMW i3s contained exactly 28 vehicles. Impressively, all of them were sold in just four days.
Another shipment was said to be coming over next month, and the dealer estimated that these cars will be sold instantly as the demand remains high.
If you want to have your own LAPD BMW i3 car, the store won't be accepting online orders, so you need to physically go in the shop and buy for a first-come, first-basis protocol.
LAPD denies the sell-out of vehicles
To (Silently) Protect and to (Electrically) Serve: 100 BMW i3 EVs Join LAPD https://t.co/o2YGGfSbyC pic.twitter.com/QfpaCYyaGz — Sean Hebdon (@Sean_Hebdon) June 8, 2016
Though the dealer already confirmed the LAPD units found in the store, the police department denied the said allegations about the sell-out.
Instead, they explained that the car leases had expired, and that's why the leasing company is reselling them.
"The 50 vehicles were turned in by us at the end of the leasing period per the contract," the spokesperson said.
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Written by Jamie Pancho
