--- title: "Italian Lambo Police Car Covers 300 Miles in 2 Hours to Deliver Kidney" description: "Italian police officers covered 300 miles in just two hours while driving a Lamborghini Huracan to deliver  a donor kidney." date: "2020-11-19" modified: "2020-11-19" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/italian-police-cop-car-lamborghini-kidney" categories: - "Developments" - "Health & Medicine" tags: - "italy" - "kidney transplant" - "lamborghini" - "organ donor" --- # Italian Lambo Police Car Covers 300 Miles in 2 Hours to Deliver Kidney ![Italian police officers covered 300 miles in just two hours while driving a Lamborghini Huracan to deliver  a donor kidney.]() *\Image: Polizia di Stato\* An intrepid Italian police officer got a cool task, [*Jalopnik* reports](): cover 300 miles in just two hours, while driving an official police-issued Lamborghini Huracán, to deliver a donor kidney. That's an average speed of 143 mph, cutting a six hour journey from Rome to Padua to a mere third of its usual time. https://twitter.com/poliziadistato/status/1324250861204328453 A video uploaded by the Italy's national police force to Twitter earlier this month shows the baby blue hypercar being loaded up with the fragile donor organ. The kidney, protected inside a cooler, had to go into the vehicle's tiny front trunk — or, in the lingo a "frunk" — because the ten cylinder, 600 horsepower monster of an engine takes over most of the rear of the vehicle. "'To save a life you don't need superpowers,'" read the tweet. The vehicle, which can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in under three seconds and tops out at 202 mph, usually serves as a patrol vehicle and joined the force in 2017, according to *Jalopnik*. The interior is kitted out with what you'd usually find inside such a car: a police computer, some lights and other equipment. ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()