The war in Iran continues to ratchet up fuel prices, and that doesn’t just make it more expensive to drive – it’s getting more expensive to fly, too. What many don’t realize is that a significant share of an airline’s operating costs are tied to ground operations, and that’s where Oshkosh is putting automation and electrification to work. With the short distances driven at limited speeds under relatively heavy loads, ground handling and support equipment (GHE/GSE) at airports present a nearly ideal use case for battery-electric vehicles. That’s a good thing, too. As prices rise and demand for on-road fossil fuels drops, airports and airlines – historically responsible for about 4% Earth’s global warming – are becoming a bigger and bigger slice of a rapidly shrinking pie when it comes to the aviation industry’s fossil fuel emissions. That’s why companies like Oshkosh are working to develop zero-emission vehicles like the Stryker Volterra Electric ARFF fire truck and the autonomous aircraft tug shown, above. All managed by the AeroTech AI ground traffic manager. Even with the sort of high-tech angle that …