MoonBike started as a recreational electric snow bike from the French Alps. Envo Drive Systems is now developing a utility version of it, aimed at security patrols and search and rescue crews working ground where silence and a small footprint count.
The utility version is under development with Nicolas, the original MoonBike’s creator, and Envo’s own engineering team. A confidential fleet client is helping to drive the development work behind the scenes. Further details are promised only when Envo judges the timing right.
No spec sheet exists yet.
MoonBike Utility (in development)
In development with founder Nicolas and Envo’s engineering team · Built for security and search and rescue work · Specs and pricing still to come
Price: TBD
Where to buy: More details at Envo Drive Systems
Built for the quiet jobs
Envo names security, search and rescue, and other operations as the target work, and the traits it keeps coming back to are a small footprint, quiet operation, stealth capability, and a reduced environmental impact. Those four traits describe patrol and rescue work in places where a loud machine works against the crew riding it.
At 70.5 centimeters wide, the recreational bike threads between trees and through gates that stop a full-size sled cold. A work version starts from that same narrow frame. That width is what a patrol rider feels first, working a fence line or a trail between tight trees at walking pace in deep snow.
The recreational bike already works commercial duty at resorts and parks, and its direct drive asks for minimal upkeep, which is the service profile a fleet version has to keep at scale.
The first year inside Envo made MoonBikes a profitable business, with logistics and warehousing running from Vancouver, Detroit and Poland in support of customers across Canada, the United States and Europe.
Silence is the spec here.
The recreational machine underneath it
The current MoonBike runs a front ski in high-density polyethylene and a proprietary rear track 25.4 centimeters wide. Its direct drive needs no chain and no belt, which keeps the whole machine under 200 parts, and Envo rates it at 3,000 watts with a 42 km/h top speed.
Envo sells the bike at CA$11,999 with the 3.2 kWh Performance battery, and it weighs 163 pounds with no battery fitted, 190 with one standard battery.
Envo also offers ride-ready demo units with new batteries and full parts support, pre-ordered for September 2026 delivery, a route a fleet buyer can use to trial the current platform while the utility version takes shape this winter.
The frame is ultralight aluminum. A hydraulic disc brake with a 203-millimeter rotor works at the rear, and the fork takes a single or dual crown. A torque sensor meters the power, and the fork carries 25 millimeters of travel.
It carves more than it hauls.
One battery family across snow, water and work
The development plan puts MoonBike on a shared battery system with Envo’s UPT utility transporter and its electric RIB boat, with common production lines and shared logistics, sales and customer support running behind all three families. One battery architecture across three product families cuts the parts catalog a fleet has to stock.
The current packs already work in serious cold, with a heated battery box, cells optimized for freezing temperatures, and ratings that hold at minus 25 degrees Celsius on the recreational bike Envo sells today.
Cold is the home terrain.
Battery choice stays simple on the current bike. A standard pack carries 2.5 kWh, the Performance pack carries 3.2 kWh, and two standard packs make 5 kWh, doubling the ride time Envo quotes to up to 3 hours and stretching rated range to 64 km.
Envo was already selling light electric snow machines before MoonBikes arrived, through its Flex SnowBike and SnowKart. It says combining MoonBike snow technology with the UPT platform could enable future multi-track and specialized electric snow vehicles beyond this one model and the recreational range.
Every work feature on the utility brief pushes against the formula that made the recreational bike easy to own. Racks, capacity and fleet hardware add the weight and the parts count the original design worked to avoid. Holding that simplicity is what makes a work version worth building on this platform instead of a bigger sled.
Envo has published none of the hard numbers. No motor figure, battery size, price or date exists for the utility version yet, and none is promised on any schedule Envo will name in public this year. The company’s own line is that final specifications and availability arrive as development progresses further.
Until that sheet exists, the utility MoonBike stays a brief and a development program. The recreational bike is the product, with real prices on Envo’s store and a support operation that has handled a full year of owners, parks and resort fleets.
MoonBike Performance 3.2 kWh
Rated 3,000 W · 42 km/h top speed · Heated battery box rated to minus 25 degrees Celsius · Direct drive, no chain or belt
Price: CA$11,999
Where to buy: Buy at Envo Drive Systems
Buy the recreational MoonBike at CA$11,999 if you want the electric snow bike that exists today, backed by support across Canada, the United States and Europe. Skip the utility version if your crew needs a work machine this winter, because Envo has published no price, no spec sheet and no date for it yet.
