Eco-friendly snowmobiles leave no CO2 trace at the 2011 Clean Snowmobile Challenge

The greenest snow mobiles showed up at 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 termed as the greenest yet, with an increased number of electric snow mobiles showing up and Clarkson University (New York) bagging the first position. Held at MTU’s Keweenaw Research Center in Houghton, Michigan, the competition had seventeen teams made up of students who participated in the zero emissions and internal combustion categorie. The competition encourages the development of eco-friendly transportation, snow mobiles that are cost effective, comfortable, and practical enough to use in the real world.

A fantastic initiative that is sure to sprout some pretty eco-friendly vehicles in the next few years, we congratulate the Clarkson University team for its efforts!


[Gizmag]