woodenboater Posted February 22, 2023 Report Posted February 22, 2023 Link is behind a paywall but here's a snippet. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-brp-electric-snowmobiles-off-road/ BRP Inc. will begin shipping out its first electric vehicles, Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobile models, later this year as part of a wider, multiyear push to offer electric models in all of its product lines by 2026, the company said in a statement late Monday. A few hundred units will be delivered first to outfitters and tour operators such as Lapland Safaris in Rovaniemi, Finland, with power and range optimized for guided snowmobile excursions up to 50 kilometres. I'm guessing the range is capped because it's going to tour and rentals. Wonder how much heated grips will drain the battery. Less noise would be welcome though...
Dara Posted February 22, 2023 Report Posted February 22, 2023 50 km won't get me to the lake and back. Keep working on it BRP 3
AKRISONER Posted February 22, 2023 Report Posted February 22, 2023 problem with snowmobiles is they are so friggin inefficient because they dont really roll well. Id rather push my truck down the road than a skidoo. Man, could you imagine how friggin snappy that throttle would be though? Holy cow. 1
CrowMan Posted February 22, 2023 Report Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) BRP (as my Dad would say) is on the horns of a dilemma. Snowmobile sales have been plummeting for a couple of decades now. If you need snow to sell your product, but your existing product contributes to the lack of snow...well, you may need to change your product. No doubt that the cold environment and the drag of the propulsion system make it extremely technologically challenging. I have a group of friends that are avid sled heads. For years, every winter they do a week long grand tour somewhere. Years ago, it was Muskoka and Haliburton....lately they've been going much further afield...Temagami, Chapleau, Quebec...this year it was Cochrane.. Edited February 22, 2023 by CrowMan
GBW Posted February 22, 2023 Report Posted February 22, 2023 And there is also the 850 E-TEC Turbo R that means you have to stock another item, XPS ICE for the turbo. 1
Dara Posted February 23, 2023 Report Posted February 23, 2023 Got a new BRP this year. 600 efi 2 stroker. Burns excessive oil and gas but the clean 4 strokes are expensive so.....
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