Why doesn't the United States Military consider adding electric or hybrid vehicles to their fleet of installation vehicles?

Can these batteries be recycled?

A reduced reliance on fossil fuels, which is said to potentially reduce conflicts, reverse global warming, and prevent future harm to the environment. It is cheaper too, but I don't know how much. There may be other benefits that I have not mentioned.

CPT Angela Wilder EVs must be charged. Wind and solar doesn't have the capacity. In any case, wind and solar require dirty industries to build, in addition to their land use and wildlife dangers. Mentioning nuclear power is a pearl clutcher. Leaving fossil fuel plants. EVs require large amounts of lithium. Lithium is mined in South America, Australia and China. Processed in China. All those are dirty industries. Plus, leaves us to China's whim. EVs use much cobalt. Cobalt is a byproduct of dirty industries and amount produced is dependent up expansion and contraction of those markets. All the plastic and rubber parts of EVs are petroleum based. The metal parts must be mined. Aluminum alone uses enormous amounts of electricity to smelt. Wind and solar cannot generate that.

Teslas are really cool. I want one. Likely when our Camry gives up the ghost. Which is greener? They both require the same amount of energy to move their curb weight. Energy has to be generated somehow.

Climate change has been going on since the universe was created. The history of earth is only one example of the changes and the signs are clear... The coming and going of things like the ice age, rising and ebbing tides, continent movements, etc., should be enough to convince people that no matter what you think about the carbon effect on the climate, the climate will change as Mother Nature sees fit! It's logical that when the earth goes through melting ice caps, the oceans will rise, just as they receded when the ice age came. Nothing humans can do will stop these events. Instead of worrying about cows passing gas, why aren't we concerned when a volcano explodes and pollutes the air over vast areas? Anybody think they can figure a way to stop volcanos? I think all the people screaming about the sky falling are forgetting the "science" of turbulent times in Earth's history...and future!

Vulnerability is also an issue when refueling. I was a fuel and ammo platoon leader. We had refueling missions. I'm am now thinking we could have mobile recharging vehicles or something like that.

"The Maneuver Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate is moving forward with the development of future electrification requirements for the Army's ground force, according to a service news release.

MCDID's Maneuver Requirements Division has the lead in developing the requirements document for Tactical and Combat Vehicle Electrification, part of an effort to reduce the Army's reliance on fossil fuels, the release states."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/09/22/army-takes-first-step-toward-equipping-tactical-combat-vehicles-electric-engines.html?fbclid=IwAR30ZiVnLhEB4GYK89eAGBrHCdhBNlYoCZ6lIyHh2MJQr65h-vb_vxAKgSA

On the other hand.

"The Army must carefully weigh the trade-offs of traditional internal combustion engines (ICE) against evolving EV technology. While the service is eager to cast off the disadvantages of ICE, such as shipping vast quantities of fuel to the battlefield, it doesn’t believe larger armored vehicles, particularly tanks, will go electric any time soon."

Thanks for posting a link to the Fort Rucker article! Very interesting! I’m hoping that newer electric vehicles can travel faster and further in 2021. The article was published in 2009. The again, do on post vehicles need to go that fast?

“ Prior to the arrival of the new vehicles, small charging stations will be constructed in various parking lots to recharge the new cars and trucks, which run approximately 40 miles between charges and can travel at about 35 miles per hour.”