Barcelona – from all vehicles you can roll in MWC to show mobile technology, Tesla’s cybertruck can be the worst possible fit. That steel trapezoid on the wheels is very heavy and very angular for EU vehicle regulations, and Tesla sales have fallen from a rock in Europe after CEO Elon Musk has promoted the far-right political parties on the continent.
And yet, a cybertrack gives the Oracle exhibition here in MWC – it was made in black and white as a police car, with “Oracle Security Public” painted on the doors as if he had run from a future of the multinational firm Austin run his own police department.
The truck also presented the bright blue and red LEDs on the top of the giant glass, on the step plates below the doors, and after a heavy brush guard on the front that can violate EU pedestrian safety rules.
It is a marketing exercise on Oracle’s public safety and public security services. “We brought here for more a show,” said Shane Ruiz, the head of the product marketing, as he demonstrated the features of the Oracle Public Safety Command Center that runs on the giant touch truck screen.
A case command screen allowed the rapid management of law enforcement assets; For example, ordering a drone to observe a crime scene or sending a SWAT team. In both cases, the system could display live video from the camera on stage. “We also have prison management,” Ruiz said, showing how software can bring records of individual suspects.
The Demo vehicle presented such supplements after the market as a Starlink antenna mounted under the roof of glass, 5G antennas and radar. The latter is a feature that Musk deleted from Teslas a few years ago, as part of his crusade to build the “full self-directional” ability as cheaper as possible.
A panel in front of the Octagon Cups offered large physical buttons to control vehicle lights and other law enforcement equipment-a particular contrast with the practice of moving basic controls on its touch screens.
Ruiz said Oracle is seeking to improve law enforcement officers from broken laptops that they generally have in patrol vehicles today, which would in practice mean trading on those computers for the tablets Oracle sells.
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“Oracle will not sell a tesla,” Ruiz said. “We’re not in the car business.”
While some police departments have adopted Teslas – Pasadena, Calif., Last year’s department passed into model Y and model 3 – $ 80,000+ Cybertruck has not yet seen significant adoption.
A special exhibition of MWC Police Technology Five Halls away from the Catalonian Police Department offered its memory that law enforcement vehicles should be practical. The car shown, with a drone ruined on its roof for quick placement: a two -door cap.
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