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"...the Army is now taking some renewed steps at getting after an electric vehicles in its fleet to include the pursuit of an electric light reconnaissance vehicle."

🤔 I'm sure the Navy Seabees or Army Combat Engineers could install plenty of electric recharging stations in a combat theater environment. It'd be hell to make it to one's objective, then not have enough power to get back. 😨

Am I over-thinking it, lol?
 
"...the Army is now taking some renewed steps at getting after an electric vehicles in its fleet to include the pursuit of an electric light reconnaissance vehicle."

🤔 I'm sure the Navy Seabees or Army Combat Engineers could install plenty of electric recharging stations in a combat theater environment. It'd be hell to make it to one's objective, then not have enough power to get back. 😨

Am I over-thinking it, lol?
That’s why Hybrid vehicles are popular, they have a small gas engine to supplement the electric side and usually made with regenerative capabilities for the batteries.
 
I get that. I just don't think the tech is up to speed yet, for mass consumption. We don't have the infrastructure to support a mass-electric-conversion for society anytime soon - not just the charging stations themselves, but the power grid to support them and their widespread use, or the energy production capacity to supply that grid reliably.

I do a lot with motorcycles, and the big thing with electric motorcycles (and, to a lesser extent, automobiles)? Range anxiety. Sure, you get as far "per tank" (per charge) as you do on fuel...but "refueling" an electric is hours...not 90 seconds with a nozzle. And for the infrastructure aspect - you can find a gas station just about everywhere. Charging stations...not so much. And with the military, if they are going for the 'quiet' aspect...they're gonna lose that too if the batteries die and they have to use the fuel engine side of the hybrid. And, they will - because as noted above, there just won't be charging stations out there in the field of battle. Generators on base? Sure. But out on patrol?

As for the combustible/caustic comparison...you're right. So, it's a net zero, not some world-changing super advancement. Until you get to the battery's end of useful life, and then have to dispose of all the precious metals, and caustic "stuff" (which was strip-mined, in order to make the batteries to begin with). That's one big plus for petroleum - no disposal afterwards.
 
The Army used something similar in the 80s along with motorcycles for mobility and speed of action. Other uses were reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition.
 
I get that. I just don't think the tech is up to speed yet, for mass consumption. We don't have the infrastructure to support a mass-electric-conversion for society anytime soon - not just the charging stations themselves, but the power grid to support them and their widespread use, or the energy production capacity to supply that grid reliably.

I do a lot with motorcycles, and the big thing with electric motorcycles (and, to a lesser extent, automobiles)? Range anxiety. Sure, you get as far "per tank" (per charge) as you do on fuel...but "refueling" an electric is hours...not 90 seconds with a nozzle. And for the infrastructure aspect - you can find a gas station just about everywhere. Charging stations...not so much. And with the military, if they are going for the 'quiet' aspect...they're gonna lose that too if the batteries die and they have to use the fuel engine side of the hybrid. And, they will - because as noted above, there just won't be charging stations out there in the field of battle. Generators on base? Sure. But out on patrol?

As for the combustible/caustic comparison...you're right. So, it's a net zero, not some world-changing super advancement. Until you get to the battery's end of useful life, and then have to dispose of all the precious metals, and caustic "stuff" (which was strip-mined, in order to make the batteries to begin with). That's one big plus for petroleum - no disposal afterwards.

And 100 or so years ago, you couldn’t find gas stations, but there were livery stables everywhere...so said the folks claiming the automobile wasn’t sustainable.

The future begins now—not tomorrow (despite Yoyodyne's slogan)...might as well start moving with it.
 
And 100 or so years ago, you couldn’t find gas stations, but there were livery stables everywhere...so said the folks claiming the automobile wasn’t sustainable.

The future begins now—not tomorrow (despite Yoyodyne's slogan)...might as well start moving with it.
And some "progressive" folks are still trying to deal with cow farts affecting the environment.
 
I think a limited range scout vehicle or such would be fine for electric, but heavier equipment and tanks not so much. Big difference in a long recharge vs “hot fuel” a tank while its running and back off to the fight.
 
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