World’s first all electric snow bike MoonBike is an eco-friendly alternative to a snowmobile. It’s 100% electric and therefore comes with the promise of not only being kind to the environment, but also quiet, easy to ride and, of course, fun. It travels up to 41 km/h, much lesser than Snowmobiles 150 km/h range, but leaves no mark on the Earth. A MoonBike is only 225 cm long (including the skis), less than 70 cm wide (including the handlebars) and its maximum height is 1 m. It also weighs 82 kg without anyone on it, but 70 kg if the battery is removed. It’s designed to handle any type of snow (powder, packed snow, ice), but the steepness of the terrain must be at max 40 per cent and the snow depth 30cm. It can’t go on sand, grass, rocks or water. The MoonBike charges either via a battery charger cable that plugs directly into the bike or by removing the battery and charging it separately. With a standard MoonBike charger, it takes 2.5 hours to charge a battery that has been depleted to 50 per cent. To fully charge a battery that is completely drained, it’ll take just under 5.5 hours. With a fast charger, it takes just over an hour to charge a MoonBike battery that has been depleted to 50 per cent and 2.5 to get to full. Currently, the bike is available in red, black and white for USD 8,900, MoonBikes was born in the French Alps and active in the European market since 2018. MoonBikes wants to revolutionise snow mobility and is sitting at the intersection of leisure and transportation. The company is now in 25 countries after launching in North America just over a year ago and more recently Kazakhstan and Iceland. It’s now got a second HQ in Boulder in Colorado to help with its global expansion plans. These plans include bringing the MoonBike down under “Anywhere there’s snow, that’s where we want to be.”
World’s first all electric snow bike MoonBike is an eco-friendly alternative to a snowmobile. It’s 100% electric and therefore comes with the promise of not only being kind to the environment, but also quiet, easy to ride and, of course, fun. It travels up to 41 km/h, much lesser than Snowmobiles 150 km/h range, but leaves no mark on the Earth. A MoonBike is only 225 cm long (including the skis), less than 70 cm wide (including the handlebars) and its maximum height is 1 m. It also weighs 82 kg without anyone on it, but 70 kg if the battery is removed. It’s designed to handle any type of snow (powder, packed snow, ice), but the steepness of the terrain must be at max 40 per cent and the snow depth 30cm. It can’t go on sand, grass, rocks or water. The MoonBike charges either via a battery charger cable that plugs directly into the bike or by removing the battery and charging it separately. With a standard MoonBike charger, it takes 2.5 hours to charge a battery that has been depleted to 50 per cent. To fully charge a battery that is completely drained, it’ll take just under 5.5 hours. With a fast charger, it takes just over an hour to charge a MoonBike battery that has been depleted to 50 per cent and 2.5 to get to full. Currently, the bike is available in red, black and white for USD 8,900, MoonBikes was born in the French Alps and active in the European market since 2018. MoonBikes wants to revolutionise snow mobility and is sitting at the intersection of leisure and transportation. The company is now in 25 countries after launching in North America just over a year ago and more recently Kazakhstan and Iceland. It’s now got a second HQ in Boulder in Colorado to help with its global expansion plans. These plans include bringing the MoonBike down under “Anywhere there’s snow, that’s where we want to be.”
