Where roads and conventional mobility stop, Vagabond takes over. The Canadian Far North, roadless regions, frozen rivers and remote work sites cover vast territory standard vehicles can’t reach. Built for these environments, Vagabond carries its load, its crew and its mission all the way through, whatever the season.
Vagabond’s capabilities are organized into four families. Each addresses a specific terrain challenge: tread lightly on fragile ground, navigate without a human on board, propel without interruption, keep the crew ready to work.
To cross without sinking, turn in 8 feet, hold the slope where others tip over.
To match the terrain, attack the obstacle, and last.
Two transmission components found on every conventional off-road vehicle are gone from Vagabond. In their place, architectures designed for the terrain it has to cross.
Inspired by human biomechanics, Vagabond’s suspension stacks two passive damping stages in series. Three pivots echoing the ankle, the leg, and the knee absorb the terrain instead of fighting it. Reduced vibration, distributed shocks, continuous traction even at speed on rough ground.
The transmission is gone from Vagabond, replaced by a hydraulic circuit. The differential and transfer case are gone too. Fewer parts, fewer failures, more ground clearance, and full traction control at every track.
Four thresholds that define what Vagabond can cross, carry and endure where mistakes are costly.
Vagabond was built for applications where reliability, autonomy and light weight decide the mission. Three mandates shape the program today.
Industrial B2B
For operations on remote sites. Vagabond combines reliability, agility, long autonomy and amphibious capability to link hard-to-reach zones to fixed infrastructure.
Government · Defense
For missions where humans can’t always be on board. Vagabond brings long-distance teleoperation, connectivity and a light footprint to patrol, monitor and intervene.
First Nations · Outfitters
For outfitters, guides and First Nations. Vagabond reaches in comfort the territories only snowmobiles can access today, with climate-controlled cabin and local radio control.
The Vagabond program entered manufacturing pre-production after three years of prototype iteration. The current Rev. 3 carries the core capabilities for the first industrial customer trials. Subsequent iterations will extend long-distance teleoperation and autonomous driving.
Manufacturing pre-production, open to industrial customer trials.
Final configuration adjusted per vehicle and per application.
First deliveries to industrial customers. Lead time about 6 months after purchase contract signature.
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