WORLD FIRST ELECTRIC SNOWMOBILE in the BACKCOUNTRY

Sleds unloaded and fully charged, professional skiers Mark Abma and Greg Hill fastened their skis to the Ekko snowmobiles with excitement and set off for a new kind of sled-accessed ski touring.
During the week of testing with Abma and Hill took the Ekko through deep valley bottoms of Whistler BC for sled-accessed ski touring, snowmobiled high into the alpine, over glaciers and through glades. Each obstacle was no match for the Ekko.
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About: Taiga is a Canadian company, founded in 2015, that is reinventing the powersports landscape with breakthrough electric off-road vehicles. Through a clean-sheet engineering approach, Taiga has pushed the frontiers of electric technology to achieve extreme power-to-weight ratios and thermal specifications that outperform comparable high-performance combustion powersports vehicles.  The first models released include a lineup of electric snowmobiles and personal watercraft to deliver on a rapidly growing recreational and commercial demand for those who are seeking better ways to explore the great outdoors without compromise.

[@breadwinneryt]

How do riders recharge these if they run out of juice up on the mountain? Is the battery replaceable? Can you bring an extra battery with you? How long do the battery last?

[@tannerd2091]

Get Muskoka Freerider on one of these and get a reaction.

[@deadeyetris]

This is nuts! Electric torque in an off-road vehicle is a game changer

[@I_am_Parzival]

1. Range(including at what elevations and temperature ranges)? 2. Hours of riding in powder? 3. Heated Accessories and how they affect range?

[@taigamotors]

Elevation has zero effect on the performance of the vehicle, this is due to electric powertrains not needing oxygen to operate. You can run it in space or underwater 😎 The Ekko snowmobile has an est. range of 131km, keep in mind that there are many factors that alter the range from riding conditions, style, weight of rider, speed.

[@I_am_Parzival]

@@taigamotors Thanks Taiga. What about heated accessories? What kind of range drop can one expect from 131, while using heated handlebars during the whole ride with Driver and passenger?

[@isaacfinneyoutdoors411]

That’s only 86 miles, that’s nothing

[@iansimpson5975]

@@isaacfinneyoutdoors411 If it truly were 86 miles, that would likely be fine in most cases. I ride Valemount and McBride BC often and typically put between 80-120km per day. If a person were to go back into the Renshaw where there is a 40km trail in then you end up using over 1/2 your charge just getting to the alpine and back. As opposed to Allan Creek or Belle Mountain where the trail in is less than 10km. My biggest concern would be the consistency of the charge. in deep powder on steep terrain I can burn through a tank of fuel on my Polaris in under 80km by noon but that does not happen often or I can cruise around all day putting on over 160km to a tank. I love the idea of electric (not to save the planet but for performance and maintenance - much like tesla) but it will not work in all situations, but when it fits it is very cool..... I won't buy a sled from them yet but I bought a chit ton of stock because I think this is a winner.

[@MikkoKorkalo]

@@iansimpson5975 going trails is likely to use something like 15 to 50% of the power for equivalent distance in deep snow. I'm not worried about the trails but when going to deep snow, how much can you expect the range to be?

[@Freedom11-72]

Great! I would love to try it! There is a desire to buy, but unfortunately you do not supply to Russia.

[@notthepresident5]

Go to sweden, then buy, trenger sneak into a bear costume and drive back

[@taigamotors]

Sign up for a test ride on our website

[@Freedom11-72]

@@taigamotors I would love to sign up, but you are not in Russia. Unfortunately, I cannot leave Russia yet.

[@fendtclaas8689]

These things don't look like they have much power take off.

[@nelsonestrabola3014]

Where is that?

[@ChitFromChinola]

Cool . . .

[@nomars4827]

Just add it LIDAR and autopilot to follow skier or snowboarder downhill. And all freeriders will dream about such a thing! Having double fun going uphill and downhill anywhere they desire.

[@rabidcougar6465]

So how long does it take to charge and where are you going to charge it? Which would be especially problematic if you have three in the family and are on a snowmobile weekend excursion to northern Michigan. No thanks, I'll stick with gas powered sleds.

[@lucaslacasse935]

Great cinematography

[@taigamotors]

Even better in realife!

[@philipdove1705]

Looks like fun what's the range per charge?

[@pestilizer4070]

Bruh, ya'll are gonna have to let me try one. Come to BC right now👌

[@gabrielwidehn3040]

Can it wheelie?

[@DC9848]

The clean future of ski touring is finally here.

[@taigamotors]

This will change the way we interact with the wild! The future is now!

[@benjaminfranklinhawkeyepie9721]

Except all the mining and transportation of all the exotic materials .....I still want one even if it wrecks the planet to build them

[@DC9848]

@@benjaminfranklinhawkeyepie9721 You do realize that drilling, transporting and burning thousands of litres of disposable oil based fuel in a snowmobile is far more environmentally taxing than mining battery ingridients once and then recycling those battery ingridients several times over the next 50 years. Or are you one of those that throws away batteries to the trash instead of recycling them? Let alone talking about the exhaust fumes been blown into the sensitive arctic environment from the exhaust pipes

[@mountainstomarshes8966]

@Taiga Motors how about the way the sub-saharan Africans mining the precious metals for those batteries interact with the wild?

[@DC9848]

@@mountainstomarshes8966 Lithium batteries are actually mainly nickel (which is abundant and can be mined in good conditions). The small amount of lithium is extracted from salt(water) in Chile through evaporation. You are probably referring to the small % of cobalt found in older design batteries and it is mined in Congo. It's only a small fraction of the total metals and has been removed from modern battery designs such as the ones Tesla uses. The whole design is 100% recyclable and can be used to make new batteries so the extraction costs is a sunk cost compared to oil/gas where you need to drill every single millilitre and it's gone once used.

[@patjacques3948]

Exhilarating

[@rodrigoarrambide7070]

So sick!

[@aminzabihinejad6562]

Awesome

[@ChitFromChinola]

Cool . . .

[@taigamotors]

It was a little chilly