{"id":4694,"date":"2013-05-24T13:16:45","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T13:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=4694"},"modified":"2013-05-24T13:16:45","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T13:16:45","slug":"us-army-humvee-replacement-cuts-fuel-consumption-by-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4694","title":{"rendered":"US Army Humvee Replacement Cuts Fuel Consumption By 72%"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RicardoAs it’s the Friday before a bank holiday weekend, I thought I’d end the week with something a little different.<\/p>\n

Its size and weight is similar to that of a large van, but that’s where the similarity ends.<\/p>\n

The Ricardo Fuel-Efficient Ground Vehicle Demonstrator (FED) is a potential replacement for the US Army’s legendary Humvee troop carrier.<\/p>\n

More precisely, British engineering firm Ricardo hopes that the FED will replace the M1151 HMMWV<\/a>, which is the latest, standardised version of the Humvee.<\/p>\n

The FED is still in testing but one of the most remarkable things about it is that it has demonstrated\u00a0a 72% improvement\u00a0<\/em>in fuel economy over the HMMWV.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe implemented a relatively conservative approach using near or in-market technology to reach our fuel economy objectives, and we have proven they are achievable,\u201d said Wesley Scharmen, Ricardo chief engineer on the project. \u201cThis kept costs down and increased the production feasibility of the end product.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Ricardo-led team that developed the FED started with a blank sheet of paper and a remit to take a total-vehicle approach to improving fuel economy, without using any exotic — and unproven — technology. The resulting vehicle uses a supercharged Cummins I4 engine, low-rolling resistance Goodyear tyres, an Alcoa Defense developed aluminium structure and other driveline improvements from Ricardo.<\/p>\n

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The Ricardo Fuel-Efficient Demonstrator (FED) could be a future replacement for the U.S. Army’s M1151 HMMWV Humvee troop carrier.<\/p><\/div>\n

Such a massive improvement in fuel economy should give the FED an advantage when it’s deployed in the field, because fuel is the second most delivered commodity to ground troops, after water. The FED has been very successful in testing and has validated all of Ricardo’s simulation models of its expected performance — so you could be looking at the next Hummer. I wonder whether they’ll make a road-going version of this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ricardo’s Fuel-Efficient Demonstrator FED troop carrier uses 72% less fuel than the US Army’s standard M1151 Humvee model. It could be a future replacement, thanks to its proven technology and massive improvement in fuel consumption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1716,1717,1715],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4694"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4698,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4694\/revisions\/4698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}