eSled electric snowmobile in Rovaniemi 

Give congratulations to 'wifey' as she is a good camera operator in difficult conditions.

I've driven snowmobiles for years! Really great you featured this company! 40 km is impressive for that size battery!

About time. Those fossil snowmobiles are crazy loud, they can disturb a whole valley. Not to mention the stink.

This is great! One of things I remember most about touring with snowmobile was the smell of exhaust from the driver in front of me. It was so unexpected, exhaust fumes in the wilderness. Definitely took away from the experience. Hope this becomes widespread.

everyone: MODEL Y! Bjorn: E-SLED!

I have almost the same lynx with 900 ace 4stroke. No engine sound when going over 35km/h, and no 2stroke exhaust smell. Most of the time it already feels like I drive electric snowmobile. I can almost sneak up on people. I'm very close before they notice me. Especially if it's some soft snow on the ground. And range is just amazing. 5L of fuel equals a full charge on the electric snowmobile.

Great show Bjorn , good to see wifey getting into it , luv this type of new and green technology , keep them coming , cheers .

Wow that motor is tiny!! That should be used for quad bikes and outboard motors too!!

I've always wanted to try a Snowmobile, they are insane! Nice to see electric option coming to market!

Its only a matter of time with technological improvements like this to use internal combustion engines less and less. Great job!

This isn’t the only electric sled in the world... TAIGA our of Canada also have one a very well resolved one.

I love Bjorns reaction to the ratings of the motor :D 1:06

I wouldn't mind having one of these. Sleds are sooo damn thirsty - and with the fuel costs in Norway it kinda hurts the economy if you drive a lot. Also it would be awesome to be able to just charge up rather than driving to a gas station to fetch fuel. Of course you'd need to be sure that the range is sufficient enough for you. For me, this would be a perfect sled. 😉

It sounds crazy but off rd electric vehicles should come with a PTO shaft you can manually charge yourself a few miles worth in an emergency.

A company in Canada also has a electric snowmobile.

The wifes excitement at 100 horse setting sells it for me, I want to rent one very badly.

Very cool, for sure something to put on the bucket list.

This was very funny and super duper interesting! Really enjoyed, thanks Bjorn! Kudos to you and wifey.

Awesome vehicle! Legit question. Does it regen or friction braking only?

Wow! Awesome vid, Bjorn... that electric snow mobile looks like great fun! Thanks so much for sharing it with us!👍

We drove them a week before, they are awsome! And drove the BMW i3 to Rovaniemi with using 32 fast charging and 4 over night ac charges to cover 3344km to Rovaniemi Finland ! EV trip!

Björn, that was too late! I just got back from Finland last week! Argh! :D I even was in Rovaniemi, but mostly way more north. I drove a snowmobile, and it was massive fun! Even though it was a regular one ;)

There you go - electric snowmobile....... rockin

I live, breathe, eat snowmobiles, And this is the first time I've ever see a electric snowmobile! As a master technician for over 30 years yah I seen it all, Racing, and fixing all brands This is so cool. Take a Lynx, Which is a European Ski-Doo (BRP) And put in a electric unit The only thing I don't like is the range 40 K A short Ride.

Electric sleds are great and all but the range isnt going to cut it. And if they have a problem with the battery heater than your walking. Its 40km just to ride into some mountains and weight is still alot with the amount of batteries youd need

They was not first and not the only electric snowmobile! Tiga motors from canada released there model ts2 last year. 100km and 20min charge.

a long way to go to compete with the 2-stroke and 4-stroke high end snowmobiles, 165-200hp at a much lower weight, and with a 300km range (one tank of gas, i carry 20L extra for about 150km more when im going far) but i admire their efforts, when the power density of batteries reaches that or exceeds that of gasoline i will switch too.

Quiet, just noise of track on ice, snow. Nice. Good Luck.

As others have said not super impressed with the range, power, weight or performance. As a higher level enthusiast this would be boring for me. But I am really impressed with the near factory fit and finish and functionality of this. I would venture in 5-7 years the electric will be at or near enthusiast levels.

The problem with this is what people go snowmobiling for is to hear a two stroke bouncing off 7-9 thousand rpms while going 75 down the trail/ditch/lake but that’s exactly what the electric sleds take away so good concept good on paper but bad in practice

I wanted to build one since I first rode a petrol version. Now they have done it, thumbs up! I think it's an Emrax motor

I did not think that would be able to go 100 kph. I am very interested in the possebilities of electric snowmobiles after watching this video. It's good to see environmental friendly solutions to very non environmental friendly vehicles

This is fantastic. I've always thought it's a shame that snowmobiles use noisy, polluting engines in such peaceful, clean surroundings. I know there are practical reasons for using snowmobiles but it'll be nice to see them go electric. I have been on a snowmobile, on one of those snow safaris on holiday, but wouldn't do it again because of the petrol/gas engine. I'd jump on one of these though. In more remote locations I imagine you could fairly easily charge these with solar, at least in the summer, and solar PV likes the cold.

That was very cool, thanks.

Would love to have one of these snowmobiled. Been thinking of doing this to a sled for a long time. Have been working on a e-motorcycle at the present.

Just a few things before everyone gets to excited. 40km range (which is effectively 20km) is not a lot at all. Or let’s say it is nothing for the trapper, hunter or any other not recreational user. I drove way more then 20kms just to get up the mountain where I wanted to start playing. Then the recreational user. It looks to me that there are half inch lugs on the snowmobile tracks. Based on his comment about the high energy requirements of a track drive, I assume that those were chosen to save energy. Well, good thinking, but why so much power then? As soon you use the full power, the sled will dig itself in. Besides that the best you can do is trail riding or visiting your next door neighbour, most of the recreational users though, like to play in powder. I really don’t see any chance that this machine will find its place in the market. Excellent Engineering work! But not more then a concept at this stage of battery science. Recommendation: Reduce power to match the tracks properties or make tracks more aggressive and hope it will not drain the battery to fast.

I just got a reason to go to Finland! :)

I love those kinds of videos! Keep it up. Awesome, thank you!

very slow and no range. Maybe good for ice-fishing if you live next to the lake.

This is good for future, at last silent aurora rides. Have to test!

More about this motor please details, where it can be purchased....

Awesome! Wifi did really good camerawork!

finnish english is the best thing ever

0-100kph in 4 sec!?!? How do you stay on it?

I can tell that its your first time on the snowmobile. :D

This is great. Why not setup an alternator somehow to keep the battery charged while you are driving the snowmobile?

WOW that looks like fun, you lucky man with wifey, now where is that website because I want to have a go!!

Extremely impressive

I hope they develop a better battery for those snowmobiles. Those excellent snowmobiles really deserve more range.

Awesome! Hope you enjoyed your time in Finland!

Bjorn- You mentioned that this is the only electric snowmobile in the world, that's not true. There is a company here in Quebec called Taiga Motors. Fred Lambert from Electrek did a review of it north of Montreal.

you know this is great because of its quiet operation,i wouldnt trade my motorcycle exhaust for electric but snowmobile maybe

Hi, Where did you buy the batteries from? do you have a battery management system as well?

That looks like incredible fun! but I wonder if it would be more fun if you ditched the heavy battery pack and added a light weight 180 hp 2 stroke engine. BRAAAAP!

Went Aurora hunting in 2015. Back then they showed us a prototype of an eSled they were testing with help from a Finnish university. Not ready for normal use so we used dino-juice sleds

Nice sled yes and great idea. However I still prefer to dangle my skies at 80 plus miles an hour. Smelling 2 stoke and hearing it rev near 10 grand. Now that's snowmobiling. Where I live 40 miles just wont cut it. We have put 3 to 400kms on easy on a weekend

Wow, that looks like heaps of fun!

Superb...congratulations to you both & Aurora.

Awesome, I had no idea we have these in Finland!

Thanks 👍😎

Maybe they'll design a hitch with a wire harness? Then it could drag a sled behind with extra batteries for more range.

We (Ulvsvågskaret Skisenter) need this! Brilliant! I`m calling them tomorrow!

What a fun video! There's nothing more annoying than being out in nature and have the silence disturbed by blaring engines from motorbikes or in this case snowmobiles. Looks like this may be the solution! Also: maybe it's time Wifey learned some English?

That’s really funny! Thanks 😃

I dunno, nice idea but I think eliminating the CVT is a mistake. For low speed tourist trips, it probably works just fine. However, bang that thing hard through the twisties and I bet becomes a handful. The CVT handles changing conditions of the snow surface so that it applies the correct power to the ground, torque sensing in a way. In the current market of reciprocal engine sleds. Some of the cheaper 600cc models push 120HP and will easily crack 100MPH. You'll pay nearly double for a sled with 160-170HP, however, out of the box you would be lucky to crack 110MPH! This goes to prove that you need greater performance gains to only go marginally faster. But keep in mind, that CVT is tuned so well. 160HP out of a turn at 40MPH gets you to the next turn real quick!

Very interesting and awesome technology!

Congratulations you did 15-30 mph

To bad it's on a touring sled, and not a mtn sled. Total weight is what we want to know, and what does that motor weigh on the clutch side. Also what's the balance like, with that motor on the left.

That looks really fun

Can we acknowledge that the sled weights 617lbs! Most sleds now and old weigh around 450lbs and on the very low end with extreme modification can be as light as 375

Very impressive.

Awesome for first version! Once they have 24kWh, these will be amazing.

Holy...shite! It weighs 22 ish pounds and has 110 ft lbs of torque out of that small package (yeah I wished we used the metric system). May I please have a couple?

These have a looong way to go.

Its not the only one, ever heard of taiga t52

Good looking machines.

I live on the coast outside Bergen, Norway, so a snow mobile isn't something for me, but I'd absolutely love to have an electric watercraft/jetski 😁🤘🏻

Isn't the "Lynx" brand of snowmobiles manufactured by Bombardier, over in Finland?

lol we have sleds that are 165hp do over 180km/h and last way longer on a tank of fuel and probably cost way less that that

Can't wait until there is a viable electric replacement for my 800 2 stroke. 16x" track, 3" lugs, 70-80mph top end, 100 mile real world powder range, and 400-550lbs dry. Couldn't keep it on the showroom floors. But that would come with a hefty sticker... Tesla needs to make the Model P (powder) and bring it to us for $17-20k

Interesting. Now put that engine package and a somewhat bigger battery in a crossover chassis and let us see it rip through the powder :) That would be my use case.

Wonderful. I wondered when someone would make the first EV snowmobile.

Great video .

100hp? My 800 axys rmk is in the 160hp range, so they gotta work on that.

Great Video!

Cool sled but I'm more interested in the VW in the background

Thanks Björn it was very very interesting I need try with my sones in next winter holiday Tank you again.

Bravo!

Nice

Love it!

A smaller version of the Emrax motor in the electric plane you flew

Your wife is an adventurer!

du l'utopie quand tu as les phares les poignées chauffantes la gâchette et le siège et qu'il fait -35 degré j aimerais bien voir l’autonomie de cette machine et il sont pas capable de mettre des relais pour la téléphonie mobile comment vont'il faire pour mettre des bornes électrique pour recharger ces machines ???? et avec du 110 volt combien de temps pour recharger a 100% ???????? il nous prenne vraiment pour des con

You drove all the way to Finland or took a ferry?

that was cool!

The DC plug will not fit I guess as the seat is in its way. Great to use EVs out in the nature. Cool Video Björn.

With obvious E-sled limitations... I'm wondering how much something like this would set an avid snowmobiler back.

its like a big RC snowmobile XD

It's sounds like the 900/600 ace motor that brp have

it's about time now that's real fun thanks 🚄 💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨