Originally Posted by
Oktas8
cwatters - if you read the last couple of paragraphs on that very good website you quoted, you'll read that a That's why tugs are very much more efficient than aircraft engines when it comes to taxiing.
Yup but in a hybrid (turbine/electric) tug the turbine would be operated at max efficiency charging the battery. If you insist...a Diesel/Electric hybrid would also be reasonably efficient.