Originally Posted by
DuncanDoenitz
Land Rover? Showing my heritage, admitedly late 90's. What's the standard sqn grouncrew runaround now; some kind of hybrid SUV I guess ......
Depends on the task I guess. At my last unit ATC had a 4WD Mitsubishi Warrior as did MPGS. The Sqn engineers tended to run around in Renault Master flatbeds or Renault Trafic vans. The Stn Execs were starting to get Peugeot E208 electric cars.
As long as the charging infrastructure is there, electric vehicles are perfect for station based jobs - most of them do less than 30 miles a day and electricity can be much cheaper than diesel. Also many of the modern diesels on stations often suffered with blocked DPFs as they were not driven long, far or fast enough for regeneration to start which resulted in lots of check engine lights and breakdowns. This then led to vehicles being taken away from squadrons for servicing with no replacements being made available.