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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Motors + Engines
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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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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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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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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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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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 like Lego® blocks
Modular electric boat batteries that can be configured in different shapes and power ratings were shown off by XING Mobility
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Modular electric boat motor up for DAME award
A new modular electric boat motor that can be assembled in different configurations has been nominated for a DAME Design
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NZ jet boat attraction replacing V8 with electric
The world famous Shotover Jet canyon river ride has received a grant from the New Zealand government to convert a
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Canadian Electric Boat and Torqeedo hit 30mph
A Canadian Electric Boat Company Volt 180 model powered by a Torqeedo Deep Blue 80 and 30kW BMWi3 battery hit
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Norway’s zero emission high speed ferry concepts
Five viable zero emission high speed ferries have been presented to the council of Trøndelag County in Norway in response
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Zero Emission Energy Observer lands in London
The zero emission ship Energy Observer is completing the second leg of its round the world journey as it sails into London for an eight day stay
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An Italian hydrojet to revolutionize electric boats?
DeepSpeed, an electric hydrojet engine used as an outboard rather than an inboard is causing a stir at the Genoa
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SeaDoo showcases concept electric jetski
It looks like the odds of an electric jetski showing up on your lake soon are going up considerably with
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SeaBubbles gets green light to test on the Seine
The hydrofoil ‘flying water taxi’ SeaBubbles test with passengers has been approved by the authorities of Paris and will begin
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