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Making the 1st Electric Snowmobile: Taiga Motors
Ep. 92
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While more and more electric cars are hitting the streets, Taiga Motors is about to bring the world’s first commercial electric snowmobiles to the backcountry and ski areas. So we talked with Taiga Motors CEO & co-founder, Sam Bruneau, about taking the electric snowmobile from a college project to an actual business, and the long process of designing electric sleds from the ground up. Then we get into the specifics of charging a Taiga, and how these electric sleds measure up against gas-powered snowmobiles in terms of power, torque, weight, range, and performance in harsh temperatures.
TOPICS & TIMES:
- Background: What is Taiga Motors? (3:10)
- From fun college project to actual business (3:30)
- Evolution of the product: from TS1 to TS3 (15:02)
- Power & Instant Torque (20:40)
- Temperature Performance — Cold & Hot (23:35)
- Range (28:19)
- Charging / How long does charging take? (33:17)
- Weight & ‘real-world’ comparisons (37:22)
- Pricing & Options (43:06)
- Production Launch: When & What? (45:30)
- Taiga’s current Pre-Order: Details (47:18)
- Electric Cars: thoughts on the current landscape (53:13)
- What’s the best question I haven’t asked you? (55:35)
- Taiga’s next big thing (58:13)
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