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^the Cadillac was the European-only BLS (based on the Saab 9-3 IIRC). The Police cars are BMW i3 hybrids.

Driving down a country road, minding my own business, and I see this, so I pulled over ...

Yes, back in February ... self explanatory ... I'm thinking they're electric ...

Yes, the Planes and Green Windmills do benefit from some of the same electric recovery motor tech. The one that I have always thought was great was the Carbon Fiber, and while BMW and Boeing use a ton of Carbon Fiber made in Moses Lake WA, the one thing I have since learned is how hard it is to recover and recycle carbon fiber. It will be interesting to see if it continues in BEVs moving forward or not. I think that Mercedes will not recover if they due attempt to use the battery tech from F1 in Plugin Hybrids sedans as I expect solid-state to replace the Lithium battery packs sooner. Over all, be it F1, Nascar, Nasa, etc. Lots of tech is R&D in these areas and then make it out to the public later.

Here are some cars seen in the EUR. The EUR (pronounced Eh-oor) is an edge city/business suburb for Rome. Sort of like Bellevue:Seattle, White Plains:NYC, Las Colinas/Irving:Dallas, etc. except that it's still within Rome proper, with a Rome address and zip code. But it would feel familiar to an American. It's a corporate place and all that, and there is some money floating around. With that, come the cars: Cadillac - a derivation of a model offered in America, but I believe the transmission was manual. Not what I'd want in a Cadillac I'd have as a daily driver. - this part looks very familiar and drew me toward the car - there is a change in the beltline toward the rear sail panel; it looks slightly different from whatever the American equivalent was - here you see both the beltline and rear taillamp differences - here it is in front of a massive modernist complex Popular econobox 3-door hatchbacks - the Opel Corsa (front) and Ford Ka (beyond) nameplates have been going strong over there for over 2 decades; I saw them everywhere Ford Mustang - our popular muscle car is pronounced "Moose tongue" over there, unless the subject is "sufficiently" Anglicized Ferrari - all these cars in this one parking lot, probably for a corporate or professional services building in the EUR I wish I had seen these during the day. And this is all within a few blocks after a much needed Big Mac and fries that evening at a nice multi-level McDonald's in the EUR.