Annual Award Recognizes Manufacturer's Mission
to Revolutionize Powersports Industry with Electric Vehicles that
Transform the Way People Access the Outdoors
MONTREAL, May 3, 2022
/CNW/ - Taiga Motors Corporation (TSX: TAIG) ("Taiga"
or the "Company"), a leading electric off-road vehicle
manufacturer, today was named overall North American Winner in Fast
Company's 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards. Taiga's electric
off-road performance powertrain is featured alongside a list of
esteemed global companies focused on clean technology, innovative
corporate initiatives, brave new designs for cities and buildings,
and other creative works that are supporting the growth of positive
social innovation.
"We are honored to receive this prestigious recognition from
Fast Company," said Taiga CEO Sam
Bruneau. "We founded Taiga just over six years ago with
a mission to revolutionize the powersports industry with electric
vehicles that transform the way people access the outdoors. This
award further validates our mission and serves as evidence of the
progress we have made toward changing how people connect with the
natural world through our industry-leading electric powertrains,
connectivity, and design."
Taiga was born to electrify the off-road segment, the most
challenging and demanding vehicle category. As a trailblazing
off-road EV brand, the product line includes mountain, trail, and
utility snowmobiles, as well as personal watercraft models. With a
clean-sheet manufacturing approach and rigorous performance
standards, the purpose-built electric powertrains allow outdoor
enthusiasts to consciously explore without compromising
performance, noise, reliability, and efficiency. No powertrain
maintenance, customizable drive parameters and hyper-precise
throttle controls contribute to ease of use and approachability.
Bringing peak performance in all conditions and standard automotive
charging, Taiga is setting the standard for durability and
reliability in electric powersports.
Now in its sixth year, the World Changing Ideas Awards showcase
39 winners, 350 finalists, and more than 600 honorable
mentions—with climate, social justice, and AI and data among the
most popular categories. A panel of eminent Fast Company
editors and reporters selected winners and finalists from a pool of
more than 2,997 entries across transportation, education, food,
politics, technology, health, social justice, and more. In
addition, several new categories have been added this year
including climate, nature, water, and workplace. The 2022 awards
feature entries from across the globe, from Switzerland to
Hong Kong to Australia.
"We are consistently inspired by the novelty and creativity that
people are applying to solve some of our society's most pressing
problems, from shelter to the climate crisis. Fast Company
relishes its role in amplifying important, innovative work to
address big challenges," says David
Lidsky, interim editor-in-chief of Fast Company.
"Our journalists have identified some of the most ingenious
initiatives to launch since the start of 2021, which we hope will
both have a meaningful impact and lead others to join in being part
of the solution."
About the World Changing Ideas Awards
World Changing
Ideas is one of Fast Company's major annual awards programs
and is focused on social good, seeking to elevate finished products
and brave concepts that make the world better. A panel of judges
from across sectors choose winners, finalists, and honorable
mentions based on feasibility and the potential for impact. With
the goals of awarding ingenuity and fostering innovation, Fast
Company draws attention to ideas with great potential and helps
them expand their reach to inspire more people to start working on
solving the problems that affect us all. Fast
Company's Summer 2022 issue (on newsstands May 10, 2022) will showcase some of the world's
most inventive entrepreneurs and companies tackling global
challenges.
About Taiga
Taiga (TSX: TAIG) is a Canadian company
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 required
to 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
demand from recreational and commercial customers who are seeking
better ways to explore the great outdoors without compromise. For
more information, visit https://www.taigamotors.com.
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