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maxwell · Feb 14, 2020

Foxstar45 said:
The day I can pull my 4 place with an ev truck from Saskatoon to Valemount with a 30 minute charge in Edmonton in -30 is the day I trust an ev sled to last 120km in the Backcountry with charge to spare. These things use the same battery tech as everything else, they're not magic. If they had some secret they would be busy taking a bite out of Peterbuilt and Boeing.

exactly, as the CEO of BRP stated, offroad technology usually trails the automotive technology by 5-10years. Fuel injection for example. Once the automotive indistry has developed and mass produced the tech then it becomes feasible for the smaller recreational vehicle companies to utilize the technology. so once you see that truck that can haul your Rig from saskatchewan to Valemount you will likely see the sled to match it 5 years down the road from that.

jhurkot · Feb 14, 2020

maxwell said:
exactly, as the CEO of BRP stated, offroad technology usually trails the automotive technology by 5-10years. Fuel injection for example. Once the automotive indistry has developed and mass produced the tech then it becomes feasible for the smaller recreational vehicle companies to utilize the technology. so once you see that truck that can haul your Rig from saskatchewan to Valemount you will likely see the sled to match it 5 years down the road from that.

How many km do you get on a tank on your 850 on an epic deep day?

snopro · Feb 14, 2020

Peeps need to understand that when your EV runs out of charge you coast to a stop and call roadside assistance and wait for help. Not the same in the backcountry.

Bernoff · Feb 14, 2020

The help that comes out might be electric heli. Lol

jhurkot · Feb 15, 2020

snopro said:
Peeps need to understand that when your EV runs out of charge you coast to a stop and call roadside assistance and wait for help. Not the same in the backcountry.

How is this different than a 2 stroke mountain sled with a seized engine?

mxz800x · Feb 15, 2020

snopro said:
Peeps need to understand that when your EV runs out of charge you coast to a stop and call roadside assistance and wait for help. Not the same in the backcountry.

Get your buddies to tow a sleigh behind thier 850 turbo with a generator pack up to the alpine and drop it off at the gas can drop off. Ride for a couple of hours. Then Head back to fire up the generator and recharge while having a snack. Problem solved.

snopro · Feb 15, 2020

jhurkot said:
How is this different than a 2 stroke mountain sled with a seized engine?

Ok I get your point. You love E tech. You are a long way from seeing that happening though. At your riding rate you'll need a charge every hour. Lol

Caper11 · Feb 15, 2020

jhurkot said:
How is this different than a 2 stroke mountain sled with a seized engine?

Big difference, I wouldn’t ride with someone who would run out of gas without no spare fuel.

Get a chopper to bring you another battery or drop a spare at the battery drop??? Lol

lilduke · Feb 15, 2020

pretty sure people will still ride with Johnny.

papajake · Feb 15, 2020

and how in the f78k is that saving the environment when you have to pack gas and a generator stupid fu69ing environmentalists even the word has mental in it

Caper11 · Feb 15, 2020

mxz800x said:
Get your buddies to tow a sleigh behind thier 850 turbo with a generator pack up to the alpine and drop it off at the gas can drop off. Ride for a couple of hours. Then Head back to fire up the generator and recharge while having a snack. Problem solved.

How is that problem solved? Guys have to go out of their way to pack a generator because a buddy purposely chose to ride a electric sled?
Why cant he tow his own generator than. Kinda defeated the purpose of a electric sled isnt it?
I think the tech is way to early to be reliable, especially in the winter.

Im all for ebikes and such, I think they would be alot of fun, especially when camping.

lilduke · Feb 15, 2020

who said it is supposed to save the environment?

Director · Feb 15, 2020

If we didn't make any noise, just left tracks behind....Imagine the terrain we could lobby to re-open or open up.. I've always wanted to explore around Field..

west coast · Feb 15, 2020

Director said:
If we didn't make any noise, just left tracks behind....Imagine the terrain we could lobby to re-open or open up.. I've always wanted to explore around Field..

The granolas and environuts would no longer hold moral authority over us. Would love to be cruising through the trees in near silence.

skegpro · Feb 15, 2020

west coast said:
The granolas and environuts would no longer hold moral authority over us. Would love to be cruising through the trees in near silence.

Ride them in a national park?
I'm in.

Caper11 · Feb 15, 2020

lilduke said:
who said it is supposed to save the environment?

Greta! Lol

niner · Feb 15, 2020

skegpro said:
Ride them in a national park?
I'm in.

It’s all in the name. The electric sled should be named electric snow shoes then we can ride the parks.

Tchetek · Feb 15, 2020

niner said:
It’s all in the name. The electric sled should be named electric snow shoes then we can ride the parks.

Eco-toboggan!

sledn · Feb 15, 2020

Tchetek said:
Eco-toboggan!

I would buy one. - to go eco- exploring in all federal parks. I promise not to charge it on coal fired generators while it is in Banff/ Jasper parks

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luvz da mud · Feb 15, 2020

Even being a Perto-head I'm loving the thought of an E-machine.

Silent, no vibration, no fuel or oil to worry about 100% of its power on demand instantly and minimal maintenance, what's not to love?

In ten years when all the issues are all sorted and ironed out I'll be all in on buying one, depending on the price.

As to the question of where are you gonna charge one in Revy or elsewhere I'd guess once these come out hotels will be adding chargers right chicken charlie to entice anyone that owns one to stay at their hotel. Charging won't be an issue.

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