Electric hydrofoiling yacht with twin Tesla motors
This 33ft / 10.5m concept yacht from futuristic designer Pierpaolo Lazzarini has it all: carbon fibre body, hydrofoils and the
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Meet the new electric boats doing plastics clean up
With increasing concern about the plastics accumulating in our water and the carbon accumulating in our air, what better solution
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Volvo Penta developing all-electric boating interface
Following input from boaters testing its new all-electric saildrive system, Volvo Penta is refining its cockpit interface to make the
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Torqeedo celebrates 100,000 electric boat motors
The world’s leading electric boat motor manufacturer turns 15 years old in 2020 and what a list of accomplishments it
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Toronto’s new zero-emission battery-powered ferry
One of the shortest – and busiest – ferry runs in the world is going to be serviced by a
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Electric boats take 2 out of 6 at Best of Boat Awards
The Candela Speedboat has won the ‘Best For Future’ award and Silent Yachts 55 the ‘Best For Travel’ prize as
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Plugboats electric boat roundup – Nov 22
Welcome to our regular Plugboats electric boat round up of e-boat highlights and news from the past few weeks. Click
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Another electric boat battery breakthrough?
We wrote a just over a week ago about the Oxis Energy ultra lightweight batteries for airplanes that are working
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Electric motor optimizer invests in Templar e-boats
Exro Technologies, which has developed an electric motor optimizer system that can increase motor speed by more than 30%, has
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METSTRADE Boat Show electric exhibitor guide
The METSTRADE marine trade show is on in Amsterdam today through Thursday and as interest in electric propulsion keeps growing
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Electric Frauscher 747 prototype in new video
Kreisel Electric, one of the world’s most innovative battery companies, has put up a YouTube video of the three founders
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Riding on water – 2 new electric ‘watercycles’
It’s a jetski, no it’s an e-bike, no it’s a mini catamaran, no it’s a hydrofoil! These new electric watercraft
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Are ultra light batteries in electric boating’s future?
A UK battery company and US electric plane pioneer are teaming up to explore the potential of ultra light batteries
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Electrified Mercruiser Alpha 1 hits 78 km/h
German company AQAForce strapped their F120 Lehmann motor onto a stern drive to create an electrified Mercruiser Alpha 1 that
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Plugboats Podcast #1: Kevin Desmond
Podcast also » available on iTunes In our first Plugboats Podcast we are delighted to welcome the world’s leading
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World’s busiest ferry systems going electric hybrid
Good news from the west coast of North America where the world’s second and fourth busiest ferry services – in
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Renault ‘2nd life batteries’ power Seine electric boat
Batteries taken from Renault electric vehicles will take on a second life powering the Black Swan, a River Seine electric
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Three electric boat nominations in Best of Boat Awards
Three electric boat nominations in the Best of Boats Awards are an indication that e-boats are starting to get broader
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New battery-hydrogen tugboat for Japanese ports
An electric tugboat with towing power of 50 tons driven by a combination battery – hydrogen fuel cell system has
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New modular electric boat batteries at Fort Lauderdale Show
Modular electric boat batteries that can be configured in different shapes and power ratings were shown off by XING Mobility
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