Summary

If you guessed that the US Army’s long awaited, next-generation M1E3 Abrams tank is a hybrid electric vehicle, run right out and buy yourself a cigar. Yes, it is. The Army has been taking a long, slow, roundabout journey to the all-electric fleet of the future, but it has been nothing if not persistent despite last year’s sharp U-turn in federal EV policy. The Army’s interest in EVs, or at least hybrid EVs, has grown apace with the considerable amount of electronic gear layering onto combat operations.

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