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From: John Bennett <john.bennett@directwebcorp.com>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Date: 18 April 2000 19:58
Subject: [MV] Electric Hum-V
>Geez, guys. Read the site before you post. The "electric" HMMWV >does< use
>an internal combustion engine -- as a generator which charges batteries and
>runs electric motors. The energy that is lost in converting the engine
>power to electricity is way less than what is lost in a mechanical
>transmission/transfer case design.
>
Very interesting, although there is another loss in getting the electrical
energy back to rotational motion.
So, why are all the commercial trucks since the 1930's Tilling-Stevens
petro-electric lorry been wholly mechanical I wonder and excusing the European
reserve I would have imagined such an advantage ("way less") would have been
seized upon instantly by such as Mr Kenworth, Mr White, Mr Peterbilt and Mr Mack
with such trumpet-blowing that we would hear it here.
No such fanfare yet.
Perchance there's an obscure snag somewhere with a hefty price ticket attached ?
Richard
(Southampton - England)
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