Gussies electric boat award winner seeks investment to begin commercial production
Optima Yachts of the UK, a winner in the 2024 Gussies International Electric Boat Awards, is looking for investors, operators
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WaVeS #29: Electric boat and boating news March 31, 2026
Plugboats WAVES (Watts, Amps, Volts, Electrons) is a regular collection of electric boat and boating news items that we have
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Electric boat investments sailing along with $37.M+ for outboards, hydrofoils
While the financial headlines these days may not be the most optimistic in general, buoyant enthusiasm is the word of
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National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) statement on tariffs
Washington, D.C. (February 2, 2025) – Following the announcement by President Trump regarding tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico,
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Candela launching 1st US electric hydrofoiling ferry, closes $40M funding
Candela has announced that it will be bringing the first US electric hydrofoiling ferry to the popular Lake Tahoe area
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WaVeS #24 electric boat and boating news
Plugboats WAVES (Watts, Amps, Volts, Electrons) is a regular collection of electric boat and boating news items that we have
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Electric outboard maker ACEL Power lands $10M Series A Funding
ACEL Power, whose facilities are currently producing 50 and 75 horsepower (35 and 55 kiloWatt) electric outboard motors for OEM
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WaVeS 21 – electric boat and boating news
Plugboats WAVES (Watts, Amps, Volts, Electrons) is a regular collection of electric boats and boating news items that we have
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Silent-Yachts: new ownership, new 3-deck solar catamaran
Solar electric catamaran pioneer Silent-Yachts is launching a new model, the Silent 62 3-Deck, the first under a new ownership
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Torqeedo Yamaha sale now approved and completed
Deutz AG today announced the successful completion of the Torqeedo Yamaha sale, in which the world’s leading electric boat motor
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Groupe Beneteau key part of €24.5M Candela funding
Pioneering electric hydrofoiling boatbuilder Candela has closed the largest funding round in the company’s history – 25 Million Euros (≈
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WaVeS #17 electric boat and boating news
Plugboats WAVES (Watts, Amps, Volts, Electrons) is an occasional collection of electric boat news and electric boating items that we have written about
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UK electric boat motor company lands £1M funding
UK electric boat motor company RAD Propulsion has announced the securing of a £1,000,000 (≈ US$1.25M, €1.175M) investment from autonomous
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Electric boat motor company Molabo purchased by early investor
German Electric boat motor manufacturer Molabo has been purchased by one of its early investors/partners, the Hechinger Group. Hechinger is
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French electric outboard maker TEMO gets €6 million financing boost
TEMO, the French manufacturer of ‘The lightest outboard motor in the world‘ has completed a €6 Million (≈6.5M USD) Series
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Vision Marine closes $3M deal with Investissement Quebec
Vision Marine Technologies has announced that it has entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement with the Government of Quebec,
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WaVeS #16 – electric boats and boating news January 16, 2024
Plugboats WaVeS (Watts, Amps, Volts, Electrons) is an occasional collection of electric boat news and electric boating items that we have written about before and are updating, or items we are going to write about but are waiting for
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Arc electric boats adds $70M investment, building huge new factory
Arc Boats has announced another big investment, a Series B Funding round led by existing investors, with the proceeds going
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Swedish electric boat motor startup closes €2.5M seed round
Swedish electric boat motor startup Zparq, founded in 2020 to help develop an emissions-free rescue boat, has now completed a
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WaVeS #6: Electric boat news and updates
Plugboats WAVES (Watts, Amps, Volts, Electrons) is an occasional collection of electric boat news and electric boating items that we
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