The Canadian military has been secretly test-driving a $620,000 stealth snowmobile in its quest to quietly whisk troops on clandestine operations in the Arctic.
The Canadian Press has learned that soldiers have taken the new hybrid-electric snowmobile prototype on trial runs to evaluate features such as speed, noise level, battery endurance and acceleration.
No pictures, obviously :snky:
The north & cold conditions are ideal for extreme testing of batteries & hybrid systems though.
This article is from 2011, but explains a little more on it. I remember reading about the hybrid snowmobile back then when it was in it’s early stages.