A propos a recent exchange in a commentary section. Can the military "go green"? After reading the article linked below, I´m kind of skeptical. No surprise there, of course...
This is an important paragraph:
>>>In some cases, the limitations outweigh the capabilities.
>>>"They drive extremely efficiently, accelerate quickly, and are dangerously quiet," the MWI report points out. "But despite the advantages, the technology is not ready for tactical vehicles because it requires incredibly heavy and bulky infrastructure for power generation and charging -- with the exception of niche roles in reconnaissance and small unmanned aviation, which need shorter range and lower acoustic signatures."
>>>And the sci-fi vision of all-electric armored vehicles may remain something of a pipe dream. Lt. Gen. Ross Coffman, deputy commanding general of the Army Futures Command, previously stated that the technology to build something like an all-electric tank simply does not exist, so far that the diesel generator required to charge such a vehicle on the battlefield would need to burn more than 1,200 gallons of diesel fuel per hour.
>>>And that's assuming the electric vehicles make it to the battlefield in the first place. Lithium batteries are notoriously prone to fire, especially when they get wet. If the military experienced a fire such as the one that destroyed a ship full of cars bound for the U.S. back in 2022, the results would be disastrous. (Maybe that's why, unlike the Army, the Marine Corps isn't pursuing an electric combat vehicle, according to National Defense.)
Translation: it would never work on an actual battlefield.
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