Thursday, February 24, 2011

Geneva 2011: BRP Can-Am Spyder shows hybrid roadster concept

At the Geneva International Motor Show on 3 to 13 March 2011 BRP Can introduce the concept of the hybrid-Am Spyder roadster to the public. The four-year research and development project to a roadster with a hybrid electric propulsion was by BRP and Canadian Automotive Partnership Program instituted by the government to life and is in partnership with the Centre de Technologies Avancees BRP - Creating Université de Sherbrooke (CTA).

As an electric hybrid vehicle, the Spyder roadster with an electric motor, a lithium ion battery and the Rotax Advanced Combustion Efficiency (ACE) engine have. This engine is currently in the BRP Ski-Doo snowmobiles for model year in 2011. According to the plans of the hybrid Roadster BRP will consume 50 percent less fuel than the current Can-Am Spyder Roadster.

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