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Yamaha may be the largest, most well-known manufacturer of outboard motors in Japan, but Tohatsu Corporation beat it to market by a couple years back in the mid-20th century to become the country’s first outboard producer. Tohatsu remains a venerable f… Continue reading Japan’s oldest outboard builder silences seas with all-electric motor
French startup FinX was founded on the idea that the best way to preserve nature is to look to it for inspiration. Toward that end, it’s developed an outboard motor that allows boats to move through the water more naturally and efficiently, similar to … Continue reading Biomimetic electric outboard ditches propeller for fin-driven thrust
While other marine companies were using this year’s Boat Dusseldorf show to electrify fast, furious water toys of every possible size, Chinese e-drive maker ePropulsion was presenting its smallest, most versatile electric outboard yet. The new eLite ou… Continue reading Portable, blade-like electric outboard simplifies clean, quiet boating
A year ago at CES 2023, Mercury Marine presented its first electric outboard ever, the Avator 7.5e. For this year’s show, it cranked up the power to present the highest output models of the all-electric Avator lineup. Both new outboards more than doubl… Continue reading Mercury introduces its most powerful electric outboard motors yet
While electric vehicles certainly offer a host of eco-friendly advantages, they’re not without some asterisks, one being the rare earth materials (and harmful mining thereof) used to make the magnets intrinsic to most automotive-grade motors. New magne… Continue reading Future GM EV motors could swap rare earth with “Clean Earth” magnets
One of the world’s largest tier-one auto parts suppliers claims it’s created the “perfect motor.” The compact Mahle motor uses no rare earth magnets, transmits power without contact or wear, and can run at high power indefinitely without overheating.Co… Continue reading Mahle combines two innovative concepts to field the “perfect motor”
Several companies around the globe have been hard at work innovating and refining magnet-free electric motors to make them a more viable option for the fast-growing EV industry. ZF Friedrichshafen has taken a similar wireless inductive path to fellow G… Continue reading ZF formulates world’s most compact magnet-free EV motor
Spanish startup Niche Mobility has announced the development of “the first drive system for electric bicycles with regenerative braking and a virtual gearbox,” which will be made available to ebike makers from next year.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycl… Continue reading Niche ebike drive takes manual gear-shifting out of the equation
Norwegian electric marine drive startup Evoy previously presented the world’s most powerful electric outboard motor. At the time, it said even more power was on the way, and it’s made good on the promise. The all-new Storm 300+ is a big, brawny outboar… Continue reading Evoy raises the bar on world’s most powerful electric outboard motor
Mercury Marine has announced its first electric outboard motor at CES 2023. Designed to be mounted to tenders, micro-skiffs, rigid inflatables and kayaks, the Avator 7.5e “delivers reliable, quiet power to get you where you’re going” and features a swa… Continue reading Mercury’s Avator electric outboard extends range with hotswap batteries