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THE Hybrid Truck Thread (merged)

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Re: Military Looks to Develop Hybrid Trucks

Unread postby jackal42 » Tue 02 May 2006, 16:59:29

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Oh thanks man , i have not laughed that hard sine 'they' said that the price of oil would sometime in the near future go down to £35 .
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Re: Military Looks to Develop Hybrid Trucks

Unread postby PrairieMule » Tue 02 May 2006, 17:08:31

20% fuel efficency from 3mpg to 4mpg, hardly seems worth the R&D.

What next? Ethanol based napalm made from corn?
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Hydraulic Hybrid UPS Trucks

Unread postby vaseline2008 » Thu 06 Nov 2008, 19:04:42

Hi everyone, a while back I found out about this tech but only now it is being introduced. Please check it out.

UPS Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks

At the time the applications were also for such vehicles as garbage trucks and other "city" trucks that do a lot of stop and go.

I did a bit of research into a hydraulic drivetrain for cars and found out that some vehicles such as treaded tanks and industrial equipment do have hydraulic drive systems.

They are supposed to be a lot more efficient than their mechanical counterparts such as drive shafts and chains.

I know, it's not a cure all but nice to see anyhow.
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