Honda electric snowmobile concept

[motorino magnet]

hairs a 300 dollar unit...


http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-ATVs-snowmobiles-snowmobiles-50-CC-SNOW-SCOOTER-W0QQAdIdZ344391034

 

[Ypedal]

Had a chat with my cab driver this morning, no BS, he's an older guy ( late 60's ) , owns a few dozen cars ( taxi's ) and has a 2011 bombardier 1200cc 4 stroke sled, average ride for him and his friends is 200 to 300 miles per day from 8am to suppertime, going 60 to 75 mph at all times on the trails ( groomed trails out here ) and burn thru 100+ $ of fuel on average in a day.

ymmv, obviously, depends on the area and available trails.

fyi.

 

[Arlo1]

Had a chat with my cab driver this morning, no BS, he's an older guy ( late 60's ) , owns a few dozen cars ( taxi's ) and has a 2011 bombardier 1200cc 4 stroke sled, average ride for him and his friends is 200 to 300 miles per day from 8am to suppertime, going 60 to 75 mph at all times on the trails ( groomed trails out here ) and burn thru 100+ $ of fuel on average in a day.

ymmv, obviously, depends on the area and available trails.

fyi.

YUP and the 1200 4 stroker is not light weight. And its flat so they are only using ~30hp to cruize at 60-75 mph (guesing) and so then something like that will not be hurt with a LOT of batteries... But one thing is for sure they are not making 150hp for 200-300 miles strait.

 

[Gordo]

Had a chat with my cab driver this morning, no BS, he's an older guy ( late 60's ) , owns a few dozen cars ( taxi's ) and has a 2011 bombardier 1200cc 4 stroke sled, average ride for him and his friends is 200 to 300 miles per day from 8am to suppertime, going 60 to 75 mph at all times on the trails ( groomed trails out here ) and burn thru 100+ $ of fuel on average in a day.

ymmv, obviously, depends on the area and available trails.

fyi.

YUP and the 1200 4 stroker is not light weight. And its flat so they are only using ~30hp to cruize at 60-75 mph (guesing) and so then something like that will not be hurt with a LOT of batteries... But one thing is for sure they are not making 150hp for 200-300 miles strait.

A good rule of thumb is .5gal/hp/hr. 150hp burns 7.5gph. A large single cylinder engine in a lab will get this figure down to .4gph. You would be out of gas in one hour at full throttle.
There is one heck of a difference in snowmachine use between areas. I remember being so pissed with the way our new Bombardier Summits ran, I flew to Valcourt Que. to speak with the engineers. They told me the machines were thoroughly tested on the mountains. When I asked what mountains, they pointed out the window to a 600 foot hill. These idiots were tuning altitude compensated carbs, with a 10,000 ft range on a 600 foot hill (1200 ft above sea level), in -20C to -30C. No frockin' wonder they puked black smoke and died at 7000' and 0C. We said to hell with the warrantee and took the jets down 3 sizes.
A snowmachine on a packed trail, takes very few hp to keep it at speed. With 2" of fresh snow, the power (fuel consumed) easily doubles. It would take some riding on an electric powered machine to convince me it is a useful concept. All I can see is a trailer of generator and gasoline, behind the snowmobile.

 

[grindz145]

Agree with the masses here, Snowmobiles are crazy inefficient. Makes more sense to go Hybrid drive before straight electric. Those things just suck fuel like crazy, and cold batteries? Unless you're just jumping off crap in your backyard, or riding it to the bar drunk, like most of the A-holes around here

 

[Ypedal]

lol.. major feud out here about the quad guys wanting to use the groomed sled trails and the sled guys dont want to share.... ( they say quads screw up the trails and rut them up, and go too slow... ) .. when i had my polaris 700 quad, i was NOT too slow on those trails, and unless you do donuts and be a royal ass, the trails are not affected by quads imo..