Electric sleds compete in the 12th annual Clean Snowmobile Challenge
The Ecole de Technologie Superieure (Montreal) internal combustion entry, based on a Ski-Doo MXZ chassis (Image: MTU KRC)
Article Summary
Clarkson University (New York) was the overall winner in the 2011 Clean Snowmobile Challenge, a collegiate design competition put on by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and hosted by Michigan Technological University. This year’s competition was billed as “the greenest yet,” with a record number of electric snowmobiles participating. The event was held March 7-12 at MTU’s Keweenaw Research Center in Houghton, Michigan. 17 student teams competed in the zero emissions and internal combustion categories.
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