Swift and Silent

Credit: Canadian Defense forces
Canada's National Defense Department (NDD) wants a special off-road vehicle: a hybrid-electric snowmobile that runs silently in the Canadian Arctic. The NDD released a tender for the vehicle and allocated $C550,000 ($563,000) for a prototype. Hybrid-electric propulsion is required for quiet...

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