Lapland Safaris will purchase dozens of electric sleds from BRP, which will be used in Rovaniemi and Luosto next winter. You can drive 50 kilometers on a full charge.
The top speed of electric sleds is 60 km/h and the range is 50 kilometers.
– The driving distance and speed suit our safaris quite well. We are building our own charging points for Rovaniemi and Luosto, says Korhonen.
The devices will not come to the consumer market, but are aimed only at guided excursion activities.
Electric sleds are made in Canada.
– Since it is a new product, its production required its own time and that is why production will start in Canada, Ristimella explains.
Originally, the electric sleds were supposed to be put into use in December 2020, but according to Korhonen, the project was delayed due to interruptions in supply chains caused by the corona virus.