Electrons #5: more arcs, sparks and electric boat news
Plugboats ELECTRONS is an occasional collection of electric boat news and electric boating items that we have written about before
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Electric speedboat battery company acquired by John Deere
One of the world’s largest equipment manufacturers has purchased a majority stake in Kreisel Electric, the company building the electric
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Electric Flyer – new 35 foot electric hydrofoiling yacht from Spirit Yachts and BAR Technologies
Commissioned by the owner of the magnificent sailing/electric yacht Geist, this sleek all electric hydrofoiling yacht is being brought to
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New Uber Boat hybrid ferries in 2022 for London commuters, tourists
New high speed Uber Boat hybrid ferries being built by Wight Shipyard will bring a new era to Thames River
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Retractable electric motor simplifies hybrid boat conversion
The BlueNav Bluespin system is a fast and simple solution for hybrid boat conversion. A retractable electric motor, easily adapted
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Vision Marine developing custom electric outboard batteries
Vision Marine is partnering with Octillion Power Systems to develop customized high voltage 35 kWh electric outboard batteries as the
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New electric pontoon boat from Pure Watercraft
In the first product coming out of its partnership with General Motors, Pure Watercraft introduced its new electric pontoon boat
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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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Ingenity electric boat wins Boat of The Year from Boating Magazine
After testing 100 different boats of all kinds in 2021, Boating Magazine has announced that the all electric Ingenity Super
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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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Candela electric boat gets €24M to scale production
The Candela electric boat and its hydrofoiling technology have secured a €24M (US$27.2M) investment from EQT Ventures to scale production
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Guide to Salon Nautic Paris Electric Boats Exhibitors 2021
With the 60th edition of the Paris Boat Show off and running, Plugboats has put together this guide to Salon
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World’s 1st green hydrogen racing yacht aiming for Vendee Globe 2024
The round-the-world Vendée Globe may be the world’s most gruelling sport competition, and the world’s 1st green hydrogen racing yacht
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ePropulsion latest to land big electric boat funding
Asia Pacific Boating today reported that Chinese electric outboard maker ePropulsion is the latest electric boat funding story, securing “hundreds
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More electric boat investments – Arc Boats $30M Series ‘A’ round
The electric boat investments world keeps heating up. One day after GM announced that it will be investing $150M in
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GM electric boating stake: $150M in Pure Watercraft
The world’s 7th largest automobile maker is moving into zero emission water transportation with a GM electric boating investment –
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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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Torqeedo wins METSTRADE award with Groupe Beneteau and ZF
More good news for electric boats today as Torqeedo wins METSTRADE’s Boat Builders Award in collaboration with Groupe Beneteau’s Excess
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Remigo rethinks electric outboard design from the water on up
With a sleek aluminum unibody that looks more like a rudder than a motor, the RemigoOne’s striking electric outboard design
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Pancake axial-flux motor powers new Propel electric outboard
Groundbreaking Saietta AFT motors for lightweight EVs and motorcycles will be powering the all new Propel electric outboard and inboard
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