Pros, cons of Hybrid-Electric vehicles--another view.

AuthorLuchini, Kenneth
PositionReaders forum

The Hybrid-Electric vehicles (p.18, "Army and Marines Weigh Pros, Cons of Hybrid-Electric Vehicles" by Geoff Fein, September 2003) are old concepts and years behind.

Besides being susceptible to an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), all electric systems generate an electromagnetic (EM) signature. They also create an electromagnetic interference and an electromagnetic compatibility problem for mobile communications systems.

The Army and Marines should work with the Department of Energy under a Defense Advance Research Projects Agency contract and develop a hydrogen power plant for land mobile systems. The vehicles could use the...

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