Army to Develop Electric Scout Vehicle in Pursuit Of Fuel Savings
4/7/2023
By Josh Luckenbaugh
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the Army Climate Strategy published in 2022, the service set a major long-term goal: field fully electric tactical vehicles by 2050.
Through an incremental strategy involving near-, mid- and long-term objectives, the Army is taking steps to reduce fuel demand, increase the capability and eventually electrify its tactical vehicle fleet.
That includes the development of an Electric Light Reconnaissance Vehicle that will get underway this fiscal year after receiving funding from the Operational Energy - Innovation Directorate, which is the Defense Department’s joint operational energy investment fund.
That money will “jumpstart the ELRV program this year,” John Hufstedler, lead for Ground Mobility Vehicles, said at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Tactical Wheeled Vehicles Conference.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2023/4/7/army-to-develop-electric-scout-vehicle-in-pursuit-of-fuel-savings
