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Old 17th Jul 2017, 19:55
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Originally Posted by pba_target
Military wise though, the high altitude pseudo satellite application is where it's at I'd say. Definitely a market there, both disaster relieve and permissive air environment conflicts.
True but the thrust of my initial post:

Will deployed forces have to establish a generator park
Is essentially aimed at off-grid application for pure electric vehicles. An electric air vehicle may operate from a base or require only a limited generator capacity.

As for the Tesla heavy duty vehicle, once such a road vehicle has reached cruising speed its consumption may well reduce significantly. As said earlier, ATV needs will be a far greater test.
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