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US Army Goes Green Unveils First Hybrid-Electric Propulsion System

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Old 08-18-2007, 10:07 PM
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The U.S. Army unveiled its first hybrid-electric propulsion system for a new fleet of Manned Ground Vehicles (MGVs). The Army is developing and building eight new MGV variants for 15 Future Combat Systems Brigade Combat Teams (FCS BCTs). All eight commonly-designed MGV variants will provide Soldiers with enhanced survivability, increased speed and mobility, new network-based capabilities, and more modern, modular technology. All the eight variants will have a common chassis saving the army a great deal of money. For the first time the Army will be integrating a functional hybrid-electric drive system into a combat vehicle. The drive system is part of the propulsion system that will power the vehicles.
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Old 08-20-2007, 05:29 AM
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Good news. This is an excellent step in changing public perception
of hybrid propulsion systems to positive.
 
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Old 08-20-2007, 04:11 PM
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The Army realized the M1A Abrams is only as good as the fuel carriers that follow. They've figured out that it takes oil to go to war and as an importing, oil nation, there is something very, very wrong about that picture and national security.

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Old 08-23-2007, 01:21 PM
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Another news item just in, the army is testing a vehicle that runs on a fuel derived from maple syrup and bacon. Leaders in Canada are getting increasingly worried over the prospects of a future invasion by the USA to secure a supply to this new fuel source.
 
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Old 08-24-2007, 09:42 AM
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How thoughtful of the US Army to think about the environment......
 
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