Electric vehicles and hybrids that kiss the environment are being embraced all over the world today for their clean and green policies. It’s time now for electric engines to power vehicles like snow mobiles that are also known to drink up fuel. Built by McGill University, this electric snow mobile has its owner Jeff Turner smiling. The snow mobile has a 23 horsepower AC induction motor alongside a 3.2 kWh lithium ion battery pack which will in future be substituted for a lower cost nickel-zinc unit. The machine also boasts regenerative breaking and has a 10 mile range with a top speed of 35mph. this machine has already spent two summers in Greenland and now British Columbia where it proudly carried the Olympic torch.
Whistler-based Canadian Snowmobile Adventures has been funding the McGill program to help come up with a zero emission snow mobile. Snow mobiles have never gone greener before.
