with us, thank you very much for your time and insights. thank you for your interest. that's all for now coming up. how kind of faulty tumbling vehicle become finding me neutral? our business team looks at that stage and some one use at the top of the out the

is it the tank or this all electric infantry escort vehicle or hybrid transmissions? what will be the future check in the next generation of combat vehicles? it's a necessity role. that then, and bishop to be able to move away from fossil fuels. one thing is clear, this is not the top military priority for the german or despair or the us army. we take a critical look at the technology that could still make it work. the battle tanks are real gas guzzlers. the levered to weighs more than 60 tons and consumes up to $530.00 leaders of diesel per 100 kilometers. the us abrams m one. a

one tank runs on kerosene and consumers up to $700.00 leaders per 100 kilometers of the development times for military vehicles. are very long delivered to took about 9 years. its successor is currently being developed as part of a franco german project and will be in service by 2040 at the earliest the systems that will power european tanks in the 2nd half of this century are being decided today. but how can military vehicles be made? climate neutral? is going electric. the solution we are at the euro. satcher read 2024 in arms fair in paris. purely electric powered vehicles are rarity. here . this is arduous arches as 4 wheel drive and can transport 200 kilograms of cargo through rough terrain. for example, ammunition or wounded soldiers,

orders can be charged inductively and is fully charged again in one hour. the battery lasts for 4 hours at full throttle. the french arms company, our crews. he's also showing us similar prototype. the trailer can transport 700 kilograms of cargo, such as a canon. it travels without the driver as a robotic vehicle, according to the manufacturer, it take 6 hours to charge. however, the vehicle also has a combustion engine on board, which increases its range. manufacturers are skeptical about all electric vehicles . all electric is um, think about for a simple reason. if you want the same range from a $25.00 ton vehicle using batteries. and so it does have to carry 15 tons of batteries. so you can imagine the vehicle, technically foam, is adding another 15 tons to the vehicle to get the same range to it. so think about a minute to do. we use a couple. so get the license to deliver light just real medium or, and heavy vehicles in the high school and the light duties of the sector funds,

electrification, pine, using a battery and use the same principle, entirely conceivable. get forced air above cost and pink font conducts research into the energy supply of the german armed forces for the german ministry of defense among others in the eyes to meet the hon. and there's no when they come i go the hybridization of media vehicles or even heavy vehicles is i don't see any new technology on the horizon. he's know, lucas kind of has been the never the less the hybrid system is still being considered for heavy vehicles. general dynamics published images of a prototype with a hybrid engine in 2022. the abrams ex, this tank from ryan metallic is the basis for developing contract with the us army together with partners. the groups us subsidiaries is developing a potential successor to the bradley fighting vehicles. it is powered by this

hybrid transmission, which is integrated with a $220.00 kilowatt electric motor. excess power from the combustion engine is converted into electricity and stored in a battery. there is no plan to charge the future tank via a socket the miles high blood capability. it gives us the beauty of flint. we call talk blending of when and utilize both and mechanical transmission. at the same time, we're using the electric field information so you can reduce the amount of mechanical force required by already from the electric side. so you can reduce your fuel construction by, by winning volt electric motor capability with the mechanical transmission capability. and then to move the be all thought we can reduce fuel consumption by up to 50 percent on certain the engine does that all the german company rank is presenting a new hybrid transmission concept with an integrated 300 kilowatt electric motor. the transmission is designed for vehicles waiting 50 to 70 tons of

the categories, u, d carver and a zation. i think the next steps the armies will go now is hybrid. so that's the trend we're seeing the world wide among the major players. however, combustion engines are still the main source of power even with the hybrid concept . so how can these engines run in a climate neutral way? this offer a vehicle at the euro. satcher reactance fair is climate neutral? it's not the car that's new, but the fuel, the prototype runs on synthetic fuel a so called if you i, it's uh, i use this as an experienced driver. i was a bit biased, but in the end i realized that this engine burns, if you're more efficiently than normal diesel. one also is in other words, my vehicle and some of the most likely more responsive. but we're just the synthetic fuel come from. we are in frankfurt,

i'm mike in the hooks industrial park. this is where the startup company in narrow tech is building a pilot planned for a fuse. the plant receives carbon dioxide from an onside bio gas plant by have these pipes. the hydrogen also comes from on site. it's obtained is a byproduct of a process using electricity. if the electricity comes from renewable sources, then the hydrogen is also green. the synthetic fuel will soon be produced in these $320.00 foot containers. in the 1st step, carbon dioxide and hydrogen are fed into a reverse shift to reactor. they are synthesis, gas known as sing, gas, a mixture of carbon monoxide, hydrogen and water, is produced at high temperatures and under pressure. after the water has been separated, the synthesis gas is fed into official helps reactor the

the beer, the gas is react to a catalyst, deformed liquid hydro gardens. this substance flows into a cool container where water, gas and other 100 carbons are separated. different hydrocarbons with different chain links are produced. the solid waxes and liquid oils. these hydrocarbons can be further processed chemically into paints and varnishes. pink centers, fuels, and solvents. in reality, the reverse shift, the reactor looks like this hydrogen and carbon dioxide flow into the reactor on the left. and the synthesis gas comes out on the right. so

actually this is a heat exchanger and the chemical reactor altogether, very compact, very complex, and a very unique technology. we have the fisher trope, reactors are located on the other side of the container plant. the company is investing 30000000 euros in the plant, of which 8000000 euro is our subsidies. the production facility is expected to produce a maximum of $2500.00 tons of e fuels per year. according to the founder, the demand is there, as we are currently actually investigating with a partner how the future applications of our, if your synthesis plants could look like. and how old our technology could contribute to helping the defense sector also to achieving that climate goals. and the future back to the arms fair in powers. the german company. volume baton is exhibiting a container from its partner in narrow tech. the container is part of a concept for a war ready fuel supply system. shaina,

but it's in head of assignment of hydrogen, develop the concept the military itself is to produce synthetic fuel, decentralized and distributed across all european nato countries, from renewable energy, water, and carbon dioxide that they chose buying. that's too often all the market and is assuming that it's also in, in war time, that supply will work and the supply chains for what we see this as a luxury and ukraine. the consequences has told us that this kind of luxury is critical of more times because relying on those supply chains is good to go. and hence, looking into technology that is available today that is ready to escape. this, the opportunities know, opening up to become wall ready for large scale design of the

homeland defense of the homeland using some subjects use assignment child is now looking for a customer to order the prototypes system and test it in the military environment. you fuse could therefore be available in just a few years time in the more distant future, however, hydrogen could also be used to power military vehicles, truck manufacturers such as dime the trunk are currently testing these types of systems. they rely on fuel cells that produce electricity. the vehicle is powered by electric motors. here's how the fuel cell works. hydrogen is fed into one side of a cell divided by a membrane. oxygen is fed into the other side. the oxygen slips through the membrane and this process releases the electrical energy. the molecules then combined to form water up kind of

a big ball to there are no moving parts. there is no noise pollution in the book of a lot of acoustics. so i don't have any so many hours until it ends because of fuel cell like this runs at low temperatures and by at 18120 degrees depending on what kind of system i have you have. and i only have one more thing on the back of the exhaust the height of all in the event of war. the vehicles would therefore be more difficult to locate. logistically, any change to the existing system is a challenge. it's about having the energy available where it's needed, and that is not easy with hydrogen. the energy density compared to hydrocarbons and the complexity in the tank and logistics systems. so huge. that's from our perspective, we'll never see this in, in broad scale implementation. because it just makes logistics come more complex. insured the only way for military land vehicles to quickly become climate neutral

history you synthetic fuels. however, nato has not get agreed on the specifications for such a fuel. manufacturers therefore, do not get know how they need to adapt their combustion engines. nevertheless, the german military needs to be climate neutral by 2045 sponsors, mind you. every thing has to be converted like 2045. if the design, huntsville new mind is a senior expert on climate policy at the foot tall institute, this closet commitment for you, there is no clear commitment on that whole. yes, we only buy and hold or vehicles that are capable of running on climate neutral fuel. 100 by 2045. remember, otherwise that's money out the window. so it's, it's just the goal is christmas and the skin european defense companies must also be climate neutral by 2050 at the latest,

under the u climate law. this explicitly includes the products they sell, the so called scope 3 emissions. scopes rate, we will probably achieve towards the claim such a 25th gave them some industries because of the fact of having to trial and test and not compromise. a. deborah alan is chair of the time of the task force of the european space in defense industries association. i think recognizing the longevity of defense thoughtfulness that they're not the ration to 3040 as it's been parent change that anything that's being designed now is taking this into account. i'm planning for that. so your transition the path to climate neutral military land vehicles is not yet 100 percent clear. if it's not possible to convert all vehicles in such a way that no greenhouse gases are released. the only way forward may be through

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