GM Defense, a subsidiary of General Motors, has been selected by the US Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to develop battery packs for functional military electric vehicles.
In addition, the US Department of Defense announced on Thursday that it has chosen General Motors’ Ultium platform to test and analyze military electric vehicles.
According to the US Department of Defense’s “Progress on Climate Adaptation” report, climate change has become a national security issue, and the US military is taking bold steps to accelerate adaptation to climate change, including the use of military electric vehicles to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
At present, the vehicle models produced by the Ultium platform adopted by the US Department of Defense have not been detailed, but the Ultium platform from General Motors is compatible with battery capacity ranging from 50 kWh to over 200 kWh, with a maximum of 24 battery modules. According to foreign media Inside EVs’ estimation, the prototype vehicle’s battery pack developed by the US Department of Defense may be based on the 217.2 kWh battery pack from the GMC Hummer EV.
At the same time, the US Army and Navy aim to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, and it can be expected that the proportion of electric vehicles in the US military will continue to rise in the future. However, compared with military fuel vehicles, military electric vehicles still face the problems of replenishment and maintenance inconvenience. Do you think military vehicles are suitable for electrification? Share your thoughts in the comments section!
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