US Army Embraces "EV Future" With New Electric Hummer -- Does this make sense to you?

[Siphonemis]

As a person involved in how aircraft are loaded or "filled up" if you will, we see tons of these and always wonder the same exact question. Why are we loading these, and will they do their job? When they break in middle of no where Kuwait, who will be available to fix that melted wire? The US Mil sends these assets as number on a spreadsheet and doest not consider the secondary or tertiary effects, but the folks who need these assets never get their assets and do as most folks do and figure it out unfortunately. I say figure out with exact certainty what you want to do before removing the diesel/whats been a staple of your operations beforehand.

[happyuk]

Posted by Vangelo (here)
The first thing an invading force does is to cut electricity and communications networks. (Russia did not do that in Ukraine which was a surprise). How will these EV vehicles be re-charged?


US Army Embraces "EV Future" With New Electric Hummer
BY TYLER DURDEN
FRIDAY, JUL 22, 2022 - 11:20 PM
On Earth Day (Apr. 22), President Biden stated, "every vehicle in the United States military is going to be climate-friendly." He said, "we're spending billions of dollars to do it."

Months later, the U.S. Army bought a 2022 Hummer EV pickup from General Motors' subsidiary GM Defense, Detroit Free Press reported.

"The U.S. Army has bought one Hummer through GM Defense," said Sonia Taylor, GM Defense spokeswoman. She wouldn't reveal how much the Army paid but said the Hummer retails for approximately $108,700.

Taylor said that selling the Hummer is a 'stepping stone' to getting the service electrified. She added:

"We are trying to help defense and government partners transition to an E.V. future, so this is one of the steps.

"Our industry moves real slow. Slower than the commercial market. But this is a positive step in that direction."

The Army will receive the Hummer "no later than Aug. 31," Taylor said, adding she doesn't know what vehicle testing the service will conduct and where.

Detroit Free Press points out the Army's purchase description summarized in its bid:

"The purpose of this requirement is to procure a new light to heavy duty Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) or series-hybrid electric wheeled vehicle, for Government analysis and demonstration."

Even though GM Defense recently rolled out a prototype eLRV, or electric Light Reconnaissance Vehicle, the Army appears to be receiving the civilian model (for now).

Biden's future "climate-friendly" military could be fraught with sacrifices, including diminishing warfighting capabilities, considering battlefields don't have convenient charging stations. It's possible EVs could be used in nontactical fleets.

The Army's going to have fun testing the new Hummer EV. It has more than 1,000 horsepower, and 11,500 pound-feet of wheel torque, allowing it to achieve 0-60 mph in 3 seconds.

This kind of reminds me of this absurdity: the US Army's new infantry squad vehicle.

Which I guess looks good and will be all hunky-dory until you get fired at.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/mil...squad-vehicle/



Perhaps they could combine the worst of both worlds and come up with an EV beach buggy!

[Bubu]

Who cares who wins wars? The elite is only after murdering people. and dumbing down people which things like these serves well.
Can also be a barometer to assess how effctive is the vax in further dumbing down the dumbs
It makes pergect sense to the manufacturer's controller