Efficiency Assessment of a High-Speed Tracked Vehicle Hybrid Powertrain
By: Luka Ponorac and Ivan Blagojević
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msr-2025-0018 | Journal eISSN: 1335-8871
Language: English
Page range: 148 - 156
Submitted on: May 25, 2024
Accepted on: May 14, 2025
Published on: Jul 1, 2025
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Measurement Science
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