Silent Walk: kahi kaʻa kaʻa hybrid no ka pūʻali koa US

ʻO ka ʻoihana noiʻi pale kaua US ʻo DARPA i wehe wale i ka prototype mua o kahi kaʻa hybrid i manaʻo ʻia no ka hoʻohana pūʻali koa, i kapa ʻia ʻo Silent Hawk.

Inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa kahi kaʻa kaʻa hybrid i "nā mea a pau," makemake paha nā koa US e hoʻomākaukau ana e hoʻāʻo i ka Silent Hawk, kahi ʻano kaʻa kaʻa hou hiki ke holo ma ka ʻaila a i ʻole ka uila.

Ma kahi o ka hiʻohiʻona o ke kaiapuni, ʻo ke koho ʻana i kahi hybrid ka mea maʻamau no ka pūʻali koa ʻAmelika. Ke hoʻomaka ʻia kona mana uila, ua kaupalena ʻia ka Silent Hawk i 55 decibel wale nō, a i ʻole ke kani maʻalahi o ka ʻōwili ʻana ma luna o ka ʻiliʻili. Ua lawa ia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā mikiona infiltration a i ʻole e hele malū ma waena o ka ʻāina ʻenemi. A inā pono ʻoe e haʻalele koke, hiki iā Silent Hawk ke hilinaʻi i kāna ʻenekini wela, hiki iā ia ke hoʻolalelale koke iā ia i ka wikiwiki o 130 km / h i ka wā e hoʻouka hou ai i nā pā lithium-ion.  

Hoʻomohala ʻia e ka mea hana kaʻa uila Alta Motors me ka hui pū ʻana me nā hui ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika, ʻo ka Silent Hawk he 160 kg wale nō, e maʻalahi ai ka lawe ʻana a hāʻule i ka mokulele. Hāʻawi ʻia i loko o ka pūʻali koa US no kahi makahiki pōkole, pono ia e hōʻoia iā ia iho i ka pae mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana ma mua o ka waiho ʻia ʻana i ka ʻāina ʻenemi.