The world's first electrometric already working on the slopes of the Alps

20 May 2019

The famous PistenBully firm released the world's first electric snowmobile

The trend towards electrification is increasingly covers not only the vehicles, i.e. electric cars and hybrids, but, in General, any equipment driven by the internal combustion engine, for example, small and mini excavators, skid steer loaders are equipped with steer, mixers (mixers) and a host of other machines. However, this segment as snowgroomers (snowmobiles), which always operate on hillsides in the open air that seems to not suggest the necessity of "excessive" environmental friendliness.

The premiere of the first in the world of Electrometry PistenBully 100e 2019 at INTERALPIN in Innsbruck called sensation

However, in famous segment super (this year celebrating its 50th anniversary), the German firm Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG with headquarters in Laupheim, producing a series of PistenBully, shown at the exhibition of mining equipment 2019 INTERALPIN in Innsbruck model 100 e of the first light snow-compacting roller machine with zero emissions, the purpose of which is exactly the same as conventional diesel counterparts – the formation of a profile of snow slopes for downhill skiers and snowboarders (and sometimes rescue), which is also already sickened by the smell of diesel fumes, even though highly diluted.

Electrometric PistenBully 100 e showed very promising test results  

Electrometric equipped with a rechargeable battery with a capacity of 126 kWh with a voltage of 400V. Firm PistenBully argues that electrorate can be charged to 75% after 5 hours, a full charging cycle lasts 6.5 hours. Capacity battery lasts for 2.5–3 hours on the snow slopes.
 

Scheme of electric transmission of Electrometry 100 e developed for the PistenBully firm Mattro

   the New product must enter the market in the near future, and as long as the developers continue to test it and very happy with the initial results and "very promising prospects".

Hybrid diesel-electric snow groomer PistenBully 600 E+ is available since 2012

By the way, in 2012 the company released a hybrid diesel-electric model of the PistenBully 600 E+ with reduced by 20% emissions of NOx and CO2, and 99% of the emissions of particulate matter, ie soot from a 6-cylinder 400-horsepower turbodiesel Mercedes-Benz, working with electric transmission, which includes two generators, drive motors and drive snow cutter.

Diagram of the hybrid powertrain diesel-electric snowcat PistenBully 600 E+

Venturi Automobiles believes that the Arctic to the Antarctic in the near future will be to develop such a vehicle Antarctica 

Another all-electric vehicle, development of the company Venturi Automobiles, also claiming the title of "the world's first" showed at the end of last year. The machine is called the Venturi Antarctica, designed specifically for polar research, and should allow scientists working in the Antarctic missions, successfully navigate in extreme cold.

P.S. for the electrification reached super – multi-purpose tracked vehicles surround hydrotransmissions working in conditions of severe cold. This means that modern batteries are capable of operating at low temperatures and high angles of tilt of the machine. View, will electronight polar regions of the planet..