New Delhi: On Thursday, the best of technology and ICT solutions converged in one place to give people an out of this world tech experience. The innovative concept came in the form of Taiwan Excellence’s massive Mobile Showroom named TE Rig that will cruise to different parts of India giving people the chance to lay their hands on some path-breaking technology. The TE Rig was flagged off from DLF Promenade Mall in New Delhi and will travel for 90 days covering 61 cities in 12 states

The TE Rig showcases iconic products covering gaming, ICT, home & living categories – each bearing the hallmark of Taiwan Excellence that stands for excellence in technology. Taiwan Excellence is an initiative by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) to assist Taiwan businesses & manufacturers in reinforcing their international competitiveness.

Through all these initiatives, Taiwan has already managed to reach several major Metros and cities of India. Now, to give a further boost to relations, Taiwan is aiming to reach to people in smaller cities and towns of India and showcase cutting-edge advanced technology and innovation. The Rig comes as an extension of this endeavour to reach out to even tier II and tier III cities of India.

It will promote and showcase state-of-the-art products from some of the most renowned Taiwanese brands which are trusted names for cutting-edge technology products in ICT, gaming, home and living categories. Leading brands like Acer, ADATA, AIFA, ASUS, AVerMedia, Avision, D-Link, FECA, Gigabyte, MSI, Thermaltake, Tokuyo, U.Cr+, Zowie and Zyxel will be showcasing their products on the Rig – presenting a golden opportunity to tech enthusiasts not only to learn about new technology available but also to experience these products first hand.

The flag-off event also saw an exclusive launch from MSI which introduced the latest weapon in its gaming laptop arsenal – the GE65 Raider portable gaming laptop. With up to 9th gen Intel Core i7 processor and GeForce RTX 2070 graphics, the GE65 can easily handle demanding AAA game titles with 240Hz IPS-level thin bezel display that ensures sharp and clear image in a compact form factor.

TE Rig comes ahead of Taiwan Excellence’s annual gaming event Taiwan Excellence Gaming Cup (TEGC). With the 6^th edition coming up, TEGC is one of the longest running e-sports championship in India. It will offer an assorted collection of games i.e CS:GO, DOTA2 and PUBG. This year TEGC will kickstart in June with elimination rounds in six cities i.e. Hyderabad, Bangalore, Silchar, Kolkata, Pune and Mumbai, followed by online eliminations for CS:GO, DOTA2 and PUBG. The winners of the elimination rounds will convene in Mumbai on 27^th and 28^th September 2019 to battle it out for the most coveted cup and a cumulative cash prize of RS. 10 lakhs.

An exciting part about this year’s event is that the winning team of CS:GO will get a free trip to Taiwan where they will witness the best of technology and to represent India at an international level in the Taiwan Excellence E-sports championship to be held in Taiwan. This will be a friendly match with TEGC winners from Taiwan, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand and will make them experience gaming like never before.

Speaking of the innovative vehicle, Mr. Herben Wu, Director of Taipei World Trade Center Liaison Office in New Delhi, said, “In the past two years, we have reached 14 lakh people across India. People have shown such an overwhelming response that it encouraged us to bring out the much bigger third edition of the TE Rig. This year, there are many more tech products – each one of them bearing the hallmark of Taiwan Excellence.”

Echoing his thoughts, H.E. Ambassador Tien Chung-Kwang, Representative of Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre (TECC), “The relations between India and Taiwan have seen an upward growth in the past few years. Such initiatives like TEGC and TE Rig have contributed majorly in this. There are so many gaming aficionados and tech enthusiasts in India. Taiwan Excellence has brought to them some great technology and gaming products and they have responded in a terrific manner to all its ventures.”