murdoch wrote:
> The show is "From Tactical To Practical". This particular show, they
> were examining all sorts of hybrids and alt-fuel vehicles.
>
> After the Prius-Insight hybrid segment, they did a segment on the
> tzero, where they had it do a 1/4 mile drag against a 500 hp Dodge
> Viper. The tzero won. At the end, the Viper was catching up a bit,
> but it was not able to overcome the tzero's advantages in low-end
> torque that manifested themselves at the line.
>
I saw it too, didn't it look like they were going really slow, perhaps a
mock race?
> Then there was a segment on a diesel-electric hybrid military vehicle
> and then a diesel-electric 2004 Dodge pickup (Is such a thing actually
> available to consumers, or was this just Daimler-Chrysler vaporware,
> or more military-only who-cares-about-consumers-ware?)
>
The hybrid dodge pickup is being made available to fleet customers right
now. It should be available in a year or two for "regular" customers.
> The military hybrid (Hybrid Humvee?) was said to use Lithium-type
> batteries. Cool.
I think it's mainly for stealth mode. The military rarely cares about
fuel consumption.
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