RS Electric Boats adds dealer, demo sites in 4 European countries
RS Electric Boats, which launched its multipurpose Pulse 63 RIB three years ago, has announced that it has a new
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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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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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World’s 1st all electric tugboat now at work in Istanbul
A harbour port near Istanbul is home to the world’s 1st fully operational all electric tugboat, which is expected to
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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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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 Zealand orders World’s 1st electric tugboat
The growth of electric marine propulsion continues day by day with the latest example being the world’s first full-size electric
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PM of Norway christens Evoy1 electric boat
When Norway Prime Minister Erna Solsberg christened the electric boat Evoy1 on August 2 it demonstrated just how far the
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Chameleon e-boat has multiple configurations
Gloss Design, an Italian firm that specializes in luxury yachts and other transportation devices like motorbikes and electric trucks, has
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New electric/hybrid waterjet propulsion system
One of the world’s leaders and pioneers in waterjet propulsion – Australia’s Doen WaterJets – has developed an electric/hybrid ready
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Ernesto Riva’s classic Vaporina goes electric!
In a perfect marriage of classic design and cutting edge technology, Ernesto Riva unveiled the Vaporina Elettra – coupling one
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World’s 1st hydrogen river boat, + emission-free
Switzerland’s ABB and Canada’s Ballard Systems announced they are collaborating on the world’s first hydrogen powered river boat, with hydrogen
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Historic boats going 21st century electric
For the past 200 years Börtebootes and their pilots have been transporting passengers from oceangoing ferries to the shores of
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Launch of world’s 1st hybrid pilot boat for London
The world’s first hybrid boat for piloting large ships into port has been launched for testing and should soon be
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Look out for Norway’s new electric boat motors
Norway’s new electric boat motor company Evoy is racking up awards, investment and partnerships as it moves toward launch in
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Solar boat gets nod from solar airplane pioneer
The facebook post of Azura Marine Earth probably says it best: “WE MADE IT! After nearly one year of application
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Boathouse charges your e-boat using solar/wind
Lithuania’s VM Productions, who developed the VM800 and VM900 all-electric fishing trawlers (8m and 9m respectively), are now testing an
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World’s 1st electric harbour skimmer for Oslo
Norway – with the help of Canada – continues to be a leader in the electrification of commercial boats. Now
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Electric recycled boat sets off for ‘plastic fishing’
UK environmental charity Hubbub announced March 28 that it is launching a new vessel in the battle to clean up
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