red beast Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 so when do we get one? when do we get this engine combo? This mean green machine creatively named the "Ultra Light Vehicle" (ULV) might be America's next go-to Army truck, and it's propelled by a Subaru diesel-electric hybrid engine. http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/a-subaru-powered-hybrid-truck-may-replace-the-us-armys-1490378762 http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--7YAC3qUF--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/19apd6cuwbhldjpg.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubieDriver Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Sounds like a good drivetrain for the Tribeca replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubieDriver Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Hold it, maybe this *is* the Tribeca replacement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compsurge Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Hold it, maybe this *is* the Tribeca replacement! It certainly looks better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07wrxstage2 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 The article and video were published in 2013. Why am I just hearing of this? Alex D. JDM Prestige Motors alex@jdmprestigemotors.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dujo Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 A little more up to date news: http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/26/9209985/oshkosh-jtlv-joint-light-tactical-vehicle-us-military-humvee-upgrade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshkosh_L-ATV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Light_Tactical_Vehicle http://www.autonews.com/article/20150828/OEM/150829892/gms-duramax-v-8-engine-to-power-u.s.-armys-humvee-replacement So Oshkosh won that contract. Meet the JLTV. It *is* the Humvee replacement. It sounds like it can be powered by a few different engine configurations. One of those Wikipedia pages says something about an Oshkosh Hybrid. May or may not be a rebranded version of the Subaru powerplant mentioned above, depending on how Oshkosh put things together. I sort of assume that Oshkosh doesn't have their own in-house, proprietary engine, but I admit that I don't know much about Oshkosh. I also admit that I haven't really spent any time doing any serious looking to sort this out either. Also sounds like the hybrid powerplant may be the super expensive configuration. So the Army wants one with a GM Duramax, which will probably be significantly cheaper and more reliable and much more terrible on gas. Edit: "Motive power for the JLTV variant of the L-ATV is provided by a digitally-controlled General Motors (GM) Duramax V8 cylinder 6.6-liter diesel engine of undisclosed power output, but estimated to be around 300 hp. In commercial use power output of this engine is currently up to 397 hp (296 kW) at 3000 rpm. An unspecified fully automatic Allison Transmission is fitted, this coupled to an Oshkosh transfer case. It is currently not known if this is a single-speed or two-speed (high/low ratio) transfer case. The L-ATV can be fitted with the Oshkosh ProPulse diesel-electric powertrain, previously fitted to the Oshkosh Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) and MTVR. According to Oshkosh literature,[37] the ProPulse diesel-electric powertrain dramatically improves fuel economy by up to 35 percent in certain circumstances and serves as an on-board generator with enough output to power an entire airfield or hospital, generating up to 120 kW of AC power for external operations; the hybrid powertrain is not a requirement of the JLTV program." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Good they powered it with a real motor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellesedil Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Good they powered it with a real motor. I'm surprised they didn't try to power it with overalls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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