So you are a Army EV tank commander fighting in a foreign country, where do you get the electricity to charge the tank in the midst of a battle?

[Moonglow]

During Reagn I ran and fixed the generators attached to the 1/68th ADA for the tracked vehicles to use radar without engines running.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

The Abrams tank can be filled up with diesel from the fuel trailer in a matter of minutes.
While recharging the tank's battery with a generator could easily take an hour or two, maybe more.
Which would seem like an eternity in a combat zone.
Use your brain and think about it. ..

An Abrams tank weights around 60 tons there is no way it can be run electrically.

 

[Moonglow]

An Abrams tank weights around 60 tons there is no way it can be run electrically.

Electric motors are powerful enough to push a locomotive..

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Electric motors are powerful enough to push a locomotive..

You do know those electric motors are powered by a diesel engine, right ?

 

[Dragonlady]

Granholm's call for 100% EV military puts 'electric tanks,' green agenda before national security: critics​

Granholm's call for 100% EV military puts 'electric tanks,' green agenda before national security: critics

President Biden's energy secretary, Michigan Democrat Jennifer Granholm, wants to see a fully-electric military by the year 2030, causing controversy among critics.

www.foxnews.com

I saw her comments about tanks being EVs
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm received blowback from critics this week after she testified before the Senate in support of a plan to fully establish an all-electric vehicle fleet in the U.S. military by the 2030s, leading some observers to wonder if the Biden administration believes politics trumps national security.
An Abrams tank uses about a 2 gallons of fuel to go over 1 mile at Maximum Speed: 42 mph with a Range: 265 mi.
M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank - Specifications.
So if an EV uses 1 mi/kWh = a car traveling 33.705 Miles for one gallon of gas... then an EV to equal traveling 33 miles /gallon
would require 33 kWh.

Miles per Kilowatt-Hour to Miles per Gallon Gasoline Equivalent Conversion

Convert miles per kilowatt-hour to miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (mi/kWh to MPGe) with the electric car efficiency conversion calculator, and learn the formula.

www.inchcalculator.com

So to travel the 265 miles range of an Abrams tank would require the equivalent of 33 kWh X 265 miles or 8,745 kWh.
A 100 kWh battery pack in the Model S weighs 1,377 pounds How Much Does a Tesla Battery Weigh?
An Abrams tank using 8,745 kWh to travel 265 miles (8,745kWh/85kWh) or another 60 tons to the weight.
M1 Abrams Tank - First Division Museum
So not only would the over 6,000 Abrams takes now weigh an additional 60 tons for the 87 batteries to the U.S. Army is believed to have 2,509 Abrams in various versions, with an additional 3,700 in storage.

The History Of The Abrams Tank

The Biden administration has announced it will send 31 M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine in what Kyiv authorities are hailing as a possible game-changer in a war that is now 11 months old. RFE/RL takes a quick look at the Abrams's history and its specs.

www.rferl.org

But each tank would use 8,745 kWh per tank to travel 265 miles per tank.
Where will the 52,470,000 kWh come from especially in a winter season when EVs have trouble traveling in the cold?

OR where will the military's 170,000 non-tactical vehicles — the cars and trucks we use on our bases, get the electricity?

U.S. Military Wants Its Vehicles to Go Electric — With Detroit’s Help

U.S. Military Wants Its Vehicles to Go Electric — With Detroit’s Help

www.nationaldefensemagazine.org

Remember electricity is NOT made by the re-chargers. Electricity is generated by solar panels (each 3'ftX5'Ft panel generates
Most residential solar panels on today’s market are rated to produce between 250 and 400 watts each per hour or in a sunny day

How much energy do solar panels produce for your home | YES Energy Solutions

More people are beginning to see the numerous benefits solar panels can bring, both environmentally and financially. Learn exactly how much electricity solar panels could generate for your household.

www.yesenergysolutions.co.uk

With an average of 3348 hours of sunlight per year one panel at 400 watts/hour will generate 1,339 kWh.

AGAIN where will all the electricity come from to power military EVs especially in foreign countries? And how will that electricity get to the
re-chargers? OH... yea right... fossil fuel converted into gasoline power generators. RIGHT!!!

If you’re driving in a tank in a foreign country with no functional infrastructural, where do you get the gasoline to drive the tank?

 

[Dragonlady]

You do know those electric motors are powered by a diesel engine, right ?

No they are not. Subway and electric commuter trains aren’t powered by diesel engines.

 

[Godboy]

Granholm's call for 100% EV military puts 'electric tanks,' green agenda before national security: critics​

Granholm's call for 100% EV military puts 'electric tanks,' green agenda before national security: critics

President Biden's energy secretary, Michigan Democrat Jennifer Granholm, wants to see a fully-electric military by the year 2030, causing controversy among critics.

www.foxnews.com

I saw her comments about tanks being EVs
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm received blowback from critics this week after she testified before the Senate in support of a plan to fully establish an all-electric vehicle fleet in the U.S. military by the 2030s, leading some observers to wonder if the Biden administration believes politics trumps national security.
An Abrams tank uses about a 2 gallons of fuel to go over 1 mile at Maximum Speed: 42 mph with a Range: 265 mi.
M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank - Specifications.
So if an EV uses 1 mi/kWh = a car traveling 33.705 Miles for one gallon of gas... then an EV to equal traveling 33 miles /gallon
would require 33 kWh.

Miles per Kilowatt-Hour to Miles per Gallon Gasoline Equivalent Conversion

Convert miles per kilowatt-hour to miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (mi/kWh to MPGe) with the electric car efficiency conversion calculator, and learn the formula.

www.inchcalculator.com

So to travel the 265 miles range of an Abrams tank would require the equivalent of 33 kWh X 265 miles or 8,745 kWh.
A 100 kWh battery pack in the Model S weighs 1,377 pounds How Much Does a Tesla Battery Weigh?
An Abrams tank using 8,745 kWh to travel 265 miles (8,745kWh/85kWh) or another 60 tons to the weight.
M1 Abrams Tank - First Division Museum
So not only would the over 6,000 Abrams takes now weigh an additional 60 tons for the 87 batteries to the U.S. Army is believed to have 2,509 Abrams in various versions, with an additional 3,700 in storage.

The History Of The Abrams Tank

The Biden administration has announced it will send 31 M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine in what Kyiv authorities are hailing as a possible game-changer in a war that is now 11 months old. RFE/RL takes a quick look at the Abrams's history and its specs.

www.rferl.org

But each tank would use 8,745 kWh per tank to travel 265 miles per tank.
Where will the 52,470,000 kWh come from especially in a winter season when EVs have trouble traveling in the cold?

OR where will the military's 170,000 non-tactical vehicles — the cars and trucks we use on our bases, get the electricity?

U.S. Military Wants Its Vehicles to Go Electric — With Detroit’s Help

U.S. Military Wants Its Vehicles to Go Electric — With Detroit’s Help

www.nationaldefensemagazine.org

Remember electricity is NOT made by the re-chargers. Electricity is generated by solar panels (each 3'ftX5'Ft panel generates
Most residential solar panels on today’s market are rated to produce between 250 and 400 watts each per hour or in a sunny day

How much energy do solar panels produce for your home | YES Energy Solutions

More people are beginning to see the numerous benefits solar panels can bring, both environmentally and financially. Learn exactly how much electricity solar panels could generate for your household.

www.yesenergysolutions.co.uk

With an average of 3348 hours of sunlight per year one panel at 400 watts/hour will generate 1,339 kWh.

AGAIN where will all the electricity come from to power military EVs especially in foreign countries? And how will that electricity get to the
re-chargers? OH... yea right... fossil fuel converted into gasoline power generators. RIGHT!!!

We will build fields of solar panels all over the enemies territory. We just have to preemptively build them behind enemy lines so they are available to us once we take that territory. We charge up there, then push forward to the next solar panel field that we built inside the enemies territory. Seems doable if you ask me.

 

[Moonglow]

You do know those electric motors are powered by a diesel engine, right ?

Yes the diesel engines run the alternator

 

[Moonglow]

The problem that may arise is charging time.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

No they are not. Subway and electric commuter trains aren’t powered by diesel engines.

Where the fuck do you think that power comes from you loon ?

 

[Dragonlady]

The problem that may arise is charging time.

Couldn’t they put a solar panel on the tank?

 

[Dragonlady]

Where the fuck do you think that power comes from you loon ?

You are one stupid fucking asshole.

https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/...fication_EPR_Addendum_17May21_Protected_1.pdf

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

You are one stupid fucking asshole.

https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/...fication_EPR_Addendum_17May21_Protected_1.pdf

You do know those trains run off transmission lines that get there electricity from a power plant ?

 

[TNHarley]

"excuse me, Russia? Could you please hold your fire while i charge my batteries? Thanks"
Fuckin morons

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

The problem that may arise is charging time.

The weight of the battery system and the space they take up to run a 60 ton tank for any significant time.

 

[Auld Phart]

Electric motors are powerful enough to push a locomotive..

on rails, not rough terrain.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

If you’re driving in a tank in a foreign country with no functional infrastructural, where do you get the gasoline to drive the tank?

It's called a supply line. Every military in history has used them.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Couldn’t they put a solar panel on the tank?

Goddamn. You should just stop commenting.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Great source.

It's on the IRS website also you flaming fuckwit

 

[Kruska]

The first stage will be anyway the AbramsX, a new, 60-ton, AI-enabled, fuel efficient hybrid-electric main battle tank.
Then we will see to where this EV mania leads to.

https://warriormaven.com/land/-abramsx-ai-enabled-fuel-efficient-unmanned-turret-silent-attack