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It has also launched vehicle models like the hybrid electric sports car McLaren Artura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the battlefield, electric vehicles provide more efficient fleets and reduce the need to resupply them with fuel, lessening the chance of putting humans in harm\u2019s way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new multiyear partnership comes a year after the ministry awarded a one-year contract to the defense firm Babcock International to modify four in-service British Army Land Rovers from diesel to electric propulsion under Project Lurcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mod.uk\/media\/17010\/british-army-approach-to-battlefield-electrification.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2022 Army report<\/a>, the U.K. has a 15-year plan to make the majority of its land capabilities hybrid or fully electric by 2035. 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