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whatithink said:
Some knowns on this from 2003 only - and I've no doubt there is a plethora of unknowns (and btw electric vehicles are awesome from a stealth perspective as they are silent ...). It all the Dems fault though ... you couldn't make it up!!!
  • 2003 – The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC, now GVSC) begins exploring hybrid-electric propulsion for combat vehicles.
  • 2007 – DARPA launches the Adaptive Vehicle Make (AVM) program, focusing on modular vehicle design, which includes electrification as a potential technology.
  • 2011 – The Army and Marine Corps start evaluating hybrid-electric tactical vehicles to improve fuel efficiency in battlefield conditions.
  • 2016 – The Army tests a diesel-electric hybrid variant of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle to assess fuel savings and operational benefits.
  • 2017 – The U.S. military’s Operational Energy Strategy highlights the need to reduce fuel consumption and explore alternative power sources.
  • 2018 – General Motors (GM) Defense unveils a concept for a military hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, the ZH2, based on the Chevrolet Colorado pickup.
  • 2019 – The Army forms the Electrification and Mobility Working Group to accelerate electric and hybrid vehicle development.
  • 2020 – GM Defense delivers the first prototype of the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV), a light military vehicle based on the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2, with potential for an electric variant.
  • 2021 – The Army’s Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) partners with industry to develop hybrid and fully electric tactical vehicle prototypes.
  • 2022 – The Army announces plans to develop a fully electric light reconnaissance vehicle (eLRV) as part of its electrification roadmap.
  • 2023 – GM Defense unveils an all-electric Light Tactical Concept Vehicle (eLTTV) based on the Hummer EV platform.
  • 2023 – The Department of Defense (DoD) begins funding research into solid-state batteries and wireless charging for battlefield electrification.
  • 2024 – The U.S. Army tests its first hybrid-electric Stryker combat vehicle, designed to reduce fuel consumption by 20-25%.
  • 2025+ – The DoD aims to start transitioning select non-combat vehicles to full electric and hybrid models for improved efficiency and lower logistics costs.
  • 2030 – The Army targets deploying hybrid-electric or fully electric tactical vehicles as part of a broader sustainability strategy.
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Biden and other Dems want (or wanted) an all electric military fleet by 2030. Electric vehicles have significant limitations for tactical purposes. It's the typical Progressive mentality to take a good idea and attempt to apply it way beyond it's logical conclusion, defying common sense.

Most of what you listed is hybrid and not full electric. More importantly, how many of the items you noted that are older than a few years have actually come to functional fruition and are in material military use? The DOD is well known for wasting money on dead end projects. I believe the ISV is in use, but as a turbo-diesel, and not as an electric or hybrid. (I really like the ZR2 and was going to buy one until my wife but the kiabash on a truck). An armored Tesla is going to have next to zero practical use as a tactical vehicle. Maybe to drive the President and other dignitaries around DC, but that's about it.

You know what is also pretty silent, a long range missile until it explodes on its target.
 
whatithink said:
It actually makes sense for the military to investigate the usage of electric vehicles, e.g. if they only used them for non fighting vehicles domestically, they could probably save millions in gas costs. Likewise with the evolution of hybrid tech, that may have legs as a fallback solution for fighting vehicles in a worse case scenario. Either way, I doubt the DoD is constrained by petty things such as cost when it comes to range for example, so they could be looking at electric vehicles with a range of 1000 miles which is achievable in concept.

I doubt its happening soon for fighting vehicles, but the DoD would be remiss in their job by acting like Ostriches when planning for the next 10-30 years by ignoring the potential.

www.forbes.com

1000 Miles Per Charge – What’s ‘Under The Hood’ Of The Longest Range Electric Cars?

Newcomers are leading the way in terms of efficiency and range. How so? There is one often overlooked component, which, quite literally, drives not only their performance but has a huge impact on the entire car design.
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Sorry, I just saw this response. We're on the same page of limited use for tactical purposes, but Biden and other Dems don't seem to share that opinion. Electric can be a supplement, but not much more.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
Gee, it’s almost like in the past the military operated without running everything through the president and a political test. It’s as if they simply did what’s best to properly and efficiently execute their mission? I’m sure in the future president Putin will want more control over our military wokeness!
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Biden was Putin's little bitch. You remember he invaded Ukraine on Pedo Joe's watch, right?
 
"Elon Musk founded PayPal; he doesn’t want or need anyone’s private information. In fact, anyone enrolled in PayPal gave that information willingly. The Dems’ argument of Elon having access to Americans’ private information is an emotional scandal in a sorry attempt to rally what little uninformed supporters they have left." Truth
 
Hey watty, you got played by an actor, cheaters, liars, killers, Pedos and thieves. Crow is being served for anyone willing to eat it. Slice of humble pie after and I swear you will open your eyes to all that war has caused over the decades. No wins, just death and money for fucking assholes who use money to buy children.

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It's all connected if you connect the dots with, They & Them.

Fauci approved $240 million for sexual mutilation (transgender) experiments on animals -- who were surgically mutilated and subjected to hormone therapies to mimic gender transition.
 
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