Several Republican representatives have proposed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act to try to stop the Pentagon’s electrification. The proposals sound so mind-bogglingly dumb that they look like they were written by 19th-century Luddites or the fossil fuel industry itself.
With the US military operating a fleet of hundreds of thousands of vehicles, including tactical vehicles, it makes the Pentagon the largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels in the world.
The entire transportation industry is currently transitioning to electric propulsion, and the US military knows better than to be left behind.
Having some military vehicles mixed in the fleet that are electric would probably make things more robust.
What if the supply lines get cut off and they’re stuck in a part of town in a defensive position.
They’ll eventually run out of gas, but there may be electricity there, or they may have solar panels as part of their kit.
All gas has this problem, all EV has a different problem, but a mix could be more resilient.
Agreed. Also, electric vehicles are also much simpler mechanically speaking. They have fewer moving parts that can break relative to a modern gas engine. In-wheel electric motors wouldn’t need a drive train, and would mean more room for other military stuff in vehicles.