Despite what you may have heard, the world is likely still going electric. Yes, things have changed due to the current U.S. administration, but the U.S. is not the sole country in the world. And everyone else, including the biggest markets on the planet, markets that are bigger than the U.S. by a long ways, are still going electric. For U.S. and global companies to stay competitive, electricity cannot be stopped.
So when RideApart reports on future electric vehicles within the powersports space, we're looking at the long-term, not the short-term or short view that U.S. administrations tend to see. And in those views, much of the powersports world is ahead of the curve, or at least attempting to be as best they can.
Which is why when I went deep diving into the U.S. Patent Office's website, I found this particularly interesting patent from Ski-Doo, the folks who make some of the gnarliest backcountry mountain sleds on the planet. Now, the brand already has an electric snowmobile, but that one is made for the trail. This sled, this particular patent, however, looks to be the first-ever all-electric mountain sled in the visage of the Summit I rode last year and the year before.
