I am not a hunter so I am coming to you for your opinion. I am working with a real intelligent engineer type fellow who is really into electric vehicles. He wants to build a hybrid ATV for hunters. By hybrid, I mean it will be powered by eletricity with a gas engine onboard for charging. It will have good power and speed.

There are two advantages here, the first and most important being stealth. When you get close to where the prey is, you can run silently. This thing won't make a sound except for the tires on the ground. Alternately, you can run the engine to charge as you travel in a non-hunting mode. The other advantage would be weight. This would be considerably lighter than your 500cc models.

We are looking for input from you as to features you would like to see as well as feedback about the idea of being able to run totally silent for a period of time.

If you couldn't care less about stealth, then there is no sense even thinking about building one for hunters. Other enthusiasts like the idea because quiet has other advantages. Hence our moto "less sound = more ground". I don't know if that is as important to hunters as it might be to sport bikers. It just seems to us that less noise = more game and more game = better hunting.

Really appreciate your input here. Thanks