Follow the money and you will understand the reason behind this decision
Good thing it says they will only pay the $680k once the devices are proven to be working as stated.
Looks at that sweet, sweet context.
It’s about time that the junk science of increased fuel efficiency for gas cars came to electric ones.
Not the first time a government agency has been taken in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651
ATSC claimed that the device could effectively and accurately detect various types of explosives, drugs, ivory, and other substances from long range. The device has been sold to 20 countries in the Middle East and Asia, including Iraq and Afghanistan, for as much as US$60,000 each. The Iraqi government is said to have spent £52 million on the devices.