Re: [MV] Why didn't I think of this! OT

From: Patrick Jankowiak (recycler@swbell.net)
Date: Fri May 27 2005 - 17:36:33 PDT


That, and the ultracapacitors.

The rep told me that the truck can be started with something like
13 D cells. They are discharged into the capacitor bank, and then
the truck is started from that.

Bjorn Brandstedt wrote:

> Diesel-electric drive is nothing new, some German WW2 tanks were powered
> this way as well as a number of heavy off-road vehicles... It's the
> computer technology that makes it "different".
>
> Bjorn
>
>> From: <Ziptar.mil-veh.list@ziptar.com>
>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> Subject: Re: [MV] Why didn't I think of this! OT
>> Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 05:35:45 -0400
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>> I always wondered how long it would be before heavy trucks followed
>> in the
>> steps of diesel electric locomotives.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Patrick Jankowiak [mailto:recycler@swbell.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:23 PM
>> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [MV] Why didn't I think of this! OT
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>> http://www.oshkoshtruckcorporation.com/news/mediacenter/HEMTT_A3/Oshkosh_HEM
>>
>> TT_A3.jpg
>> http://www.oshkoshtruckcorporation.com/news/media_center~defense.cfm
>> http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2002/02/27/036393.html
>>
>> PJ
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