It’s a snowmobile, an ATV, no, it’s electric My Track Technology.

French Canadian inventor Yvon Martel has come up with a very unique solution for snow and difficult terrains.

(PLEASE Note: MEVA has no association with this machine, other than this post on our website. To contact the inventor, please use the inventor’s email address: Yvon Martel – MTT )

French Canadian electric My Track Technology

It’s an electric tank track, that tow a sled, or wheeled vehicle.

It’s hard to describe, or see how useful it is, until you see the video:

Mr. Martel is looking for manufacturers and distributors. Contact him here:

Yvon Martel
Quebec, Canada
Yvon.Martel@bell.net

Some uses for the MTT uses are:

Fun: driving through deep snow in the woods
Small snow plough/plow
Towing cars out of the snow (these last two could be very useful in Manitoba!)
Pulling logs out of the forest.
Transporting chopped wood to the shed.
It even works as big electric battery power source for working in the woods.

It can also be used in the summer, when there is no snow on the ground at all.

It has a range from 45 to 208 km  (28 to 130 miles), depending on the battery selected.
More than some OEM electric vehicles!

Other reviews are here:

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/18/mtt-136-electric-treaded-tank-sled/

http://americaloveshorsepower.com/the-innovative-mtt-136-is-a-treaded-electric-sled-for-all-seasons/ 

The video is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcIwrdeP21s

MEVA wishes Yvon lots of luck with his invention!

Trying to decide on an electric vehicle make comparisons? FuelEconomy.gov has a great website to do just that.

Find it here:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.shtml

See their comparisons between four electric vehicles here:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=32655&id=33558&id=33398&id=33335

Sales of all plug-in cars in the USA are likely to exceed 10,000 vehicles for August 2013. That is more than double the 4,715 vehicles sold a year ago in August 2012!

See the full article here:
http://www.plugincars.com/plug-car-sales-break-records-august-128180.html

The Winnipeg Free Press published a great article on big advances in electric vehicle technology that will increase range and dramatically reduce prices.

“There are already battery-driven, prototype electric vehicles being driven on U.S. test tracks that have nearly three times the “energy density” of the batteries in a Chevy Volt. They could be on the road in five to 10 years, costing much less than today’s EV.”

“By 2020, the most likely scenario is one-third of all vehicles sold worldwide will be either plug-in EVs or hybrids”

See the article here:
http://autos.winnipegfreepress.com/news-article/automotive-news/The-electric-future/id-6394/

and a graph of the big advances in electric vehicle batteries here:
http://wfpquantum.s3.amazonaws.com/images/autos/articles/ultra/8nbdhal5oql9ftu5yo1z-9190491.jpg

In the first 5 months of 2013, the three best selling electric vehicles in Canada were the Chevy Volt, Tesla Model S, and the Nissan Leaf.

The sales of all brands and models was 1,141.

Here’s how the Canadian vehicle registrations break down for plug-in vehicles during the first five months of 2013:

1. Chevy Volt – 317
2. Tesla Model S – 281
3. Nissan Leaf – 240
4. Toyota Prius Plug-in – 130
5. Mitsubishi i-MiEV – 73
6. Ford Focus Electric – 47
7. Smart ForTwo Electric – 46
8. Fisker Karma – 5
9. Toyota RAV4 EV – 2
10. Ford C-Max Energi & Fusion Energi – unknown

See the full story here:
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1085654_tesla-model-s-canadas-2nd-best-selling-plug-in-electric-car

After the recent spike in gas prices, on May 27, 2013, CBC Radio interviewed MEVA member Gerry Kopelow about his Chevy S10 pickup.

Gerry converted the S10 from an internal combustion engine (ICE) to an electric vehicle (EV).

After the conversion, Gerry says that his energy expense went from $500 to $600 per month, to only $75 per month!  Even with all the weight of the truck.

Gerry Kopelow’s Electric Chevy S10

The range on his Chevy S10 is 110 kilometers. His daily drive is 35 miles (56 km), and it takes 2 1/2 hours to charge the EV (on 220 volt current).

In addition to the S10 pickup, Gerry has also converted a 1988 BMW 5 series from ICE to EV. Of all the older BMWs he has driven, Gerry says the EV conversion is “the most fun to drive, it’s the fastest, it has the most acceleration. It’s just way more fun than the gas ones.”

Gerry Kopelow’s Electric BMW

The 6 1/2 minute interview can be found here:
http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/Manitoba/ID/2387826472/

Do check it out!

On May 17th, 2013, Ian Gardner from Sun Country Highways visited Winnipeg, arriving in a new Tesla Model S.

A number MEVA members met him at the Hilton Hotel, where there is a charging station. The Hilton was very gracious is meeting with us and letting Ian charge his EV there.

Sun Country’s Tesla at the Hilton

CBC TV also came and interviewed Ian and MEVA member Ross Redman. You can see the news spot at this link, starting at 5:32. Ross is seen at 6:05. He says about his all electric Mitsubishi Miev:

“For a whole year, it cost me $76 to go 10,000 kilometers.”

“In the winter time, it uses less electricity than a block heater does. So, not only do I save all of the gas, I save some of the electricity as well.”

Impressive!

We send a big thank you to all. In alphabetical order, CBC for airing the segment, the Hilton for their graciousness, and Sun Country for visiting.