• TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Also a large assumption but they have to trade the weight of the hybrid system for something. They can’t just keep adding weight to an already overweight system

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      1 year ago

      They may. Idk. The electric motor can be used to add a lot of torque from a standstill, so it may be fine. I really don’t know how much weight, as a percentage, the batteries will add compared to all the armor it already has. The hybrid system will improve efficiency though (imagine how much regenerative breaking will return with that beast of a machine stopping), so offsetting some of the weight with a smaller fuel tank may be viable.