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While we have seen motorized kayaks before, most of them simply utilize an outboard motor, or they don’t have the form factor of a true kayak. The Czech-made eMogi, however, looks fairly conventional, and has its own integrated electric motor.Continue … Continue reading eMogi kayak gives paddlers a 12-mph electric boost
Back in 2019, New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland commissioned the world’s first full-size electric tug, which first hit the water in December 2020, ahead of scheduled delivery toward the end of this year. Now the first electric tug in the US is being buil… Continue reading Port of San Diego to get first electric tug in the US
Combining “Catalan creativity and exuberance with Italian taste and technology,” new Italo-Spanish shipyard Magonis has gone green with its first boat. The striking 18-foot (5.5-m) Wave e-550 runabout treats buyers to a quartet of all-electric outboard… Continue reading Slick, small Wave e-550 electric boat surges onto open water
Back in May, Vision Marine Technologies opened reservations for its all-electric E-Motion 180E outboard, offering boaters the opportunity to equip their vessels with a cleaner, quieter breed of propulsion. Not only is the 180E the world’s most powerful electric outboard, but it could soon become the world’s fastest. Vision has teamed up with Hellkats Powerboats in an effort to push the all-out electric boat world speed record up over 100 mph (161 km/h).
Tags: Electric Boats, Outboard Motor, World Records, World’s Fastest
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Formula E-style electric racing is set to hit the water with a new E1 series due to kick off in 2023. Today we get our first look at the “Racebird” powerboat design, and these high-speed hydrofoiling racers will certainly make for exciting watching.Con… Continue reading Futuristic hydrofoiling electric speedboats to face off in E1 Series
The world’s first all-electric water ski tow boat is up and running, offering demo days from the shores of Lake Tahoe in California. The Super Air Nautique GS22E offers watersports fans a handsome, quiet, emissions-free fun machine … at a price.Conti… Continue reading GS22E electric tow boat gives a preview of clean, quiet watersports
Switch Maritime says its Sea Change ferry is nearly built and ready to go to work in the San Francisco Bay in Q3 this year. Powered by compressed hydrogen gas running through a fuel cell, it’ll be the first of its kind, running for two days on a tank.C… Continue reading World’s first commercial hydrogen fuel cell ferry is “98% complete”
Batteries are taking their sweet time to improve, but Sweden’s Candela isn’t waiting around. This company has built a clever, low-drag hydrofoiling boat that barely touches the water, giving it a super-smooth, efficient ride and three times the range o… Continue reading Foiled again: Candela’s C7 “flying boat” smashes electric range figures
Swedish boat-builder Candela is looking to make some waves in the local water transportation scene with a fancy new foiling ferry it claims will be world-beating in a number of ways. The P-30 is designed to become the fastest all-electric passenger shi… Continue reading Foiling ferry to become the world’s fastest electric passenger ship
From electric propulsion to automated control hardware, technology appears to be a big topic at this year’s Palm Beach International Boat Show. Perhaps it should be no surprise, then, that a Silicon Valley startup is making its debut in Florida. Founde… Continue reading Navier soars forward with semi-autonomous electric hydrofoil