On: Woman with rectifier and electric car (1912)

[nradov]

The US military is starting to adopt hybrid vehicles. This reduces the need to deliver fuel to combat zones and can also lower IR signatures.

https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2023/2/28/a...

[pmontra → nradov]

They still get all of their power from oil tough.

About full electric vehicles, according to the article they are planned for 2050 and

> “If your batteries are so heavy that you have a five-ton truck that has four-and-a-half tons of batteries on it, it doesn't leave a lot of room for cargo … and how am I going to recharge an electric vehicle in the places that we're going to be?”