Volvo Penta and Danfoss teaming up to drive electric marine future
Two heavyweights in marine mobility – Volvo Penta and Danfoss Editron – are joining forces in a formal partnership to
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Electric hydrojet retrofit for Italian scenic ferry
The Volaviamare Group, which operates tourist ferries in the Gulf of Naples, is having a Deepspeed electric hydrojet retrofit to
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Accelerator program to help electric boat startups
Dozens of exciting electric boat startups have been covered by Plugboats over the past couple of years, and there are
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Guide to METSTRADE 2021 electric boats exhibitors
With the world’s largest trade exhibition for marine equipment opening this week, Plugboats has put together this METSTRADE 2021 electric
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Damen delivers world’s first electric fire-fighting boats
As far as we can determine, these two plug-in hybrids are the world’s first electric fire-fighting boats, delivered by Dutch
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WaVeS #4: arcs, sparks and electric boat news
Plugboats WaVeS is an occasional collection of electric boat news and boating items that we have written about before and
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Swappable shipping container batteries help Heineken go green
Zero Emission Services has a clever idea for electric propulsion: shipping container batteries. Filling a standard container with batteries means
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Electric boat speed record set at Lake of The Ozarks Shootout
A Vision Marine Technologies Bruce 22 equipped with the company’s E-Motion 180e engine set the new electric boat speed record
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Electric boat exhibitors at 10 shows this August/September
Here’s a guide to electric boat exhibitors at the boat shows coming up in the next few weeks as these
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This new high speed ferry is an electric hydrofoil catamaran
Green City Ferries of Stockholm unveils zero emission ferry – high-speed electric hydrofoil catamaran powered by batteries and/or hydrogen fuel
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Gustave Trouvé Electric Boat Awards Winners 2021
Congratulations to the winners of the second Gustave Trouvé Awards for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating – The Gussies.
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Venice Boat Show, e-Regatta mark arrival of electric boats
With 23 boats participating in the world’s 1st e-regatta and those numbers bolstered by electric motor manufacturers at the Venice
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2021 Gussies Electric Boat Awards VOTING: Electric Boats for Paying Passengers
VOTING in THE GUSSIES is OVER. CLICK »» HERE TO SEE THE 2021 WINNERS Voting ended July 26 The Galleries
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New Candela hydrofoiling water taxi goes 2 hours at 20 knots
Combining long range and high speed, the new Candela P-12 electric hydrofoiling water taxi takes the revolutionary technology of the
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RS Electric Boats launches bigger, better electric RIB – Pulse 63
The electric RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) introduced by RS Electric Boats at Boot Dusseldorf just over a year ago has
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Electric powered submarine can take 24 passengers 100 metres deep
Designed for cruise lines and tourist operators, this Triton Deepview 24 electric powered submarine uses two Fischer Panda thrusters as
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Candela to launch world’s fastest electric ferry in 2022
The Region of Stockholm is partnering with Candela Speedboats to launch the world’s fastest electric ferry as the Swedish capital
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New solar leisure boats from Gussies Awards winner
NavAlt Solar and Electric Boats has introduced two new lines of solar leisure boats that bring the technology of Aditya – the Gustave Trouvé Award winning commuter ferry – to the world of personal craft.
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Montreal waterways to get 15 Vision Marine electric boats
Transport Canada and Tourism Quebec have announced an agreement to have up to 15 Vision Marine electric boats available for
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2020 electric boat milestones from around the world
While we all know about the challenges of 2020, electric boat milestones provided lots of good news last year around
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