Electric Boats Renewable Energy source
 

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intriguing beautiful catamaran all electric boat



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1 hour run time at 32mph,,thats laughable,hope each boat comes w/ sea tow.:D

Sorry, but if you are excited about electric boats, you are on the wrong forum...

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I'm extremely excited about electric motors that powers our boats

It's an alternative power source


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mercury Racing is entering this new form of power


https://www.boatingmag.com/story/boa...tion-outboard/





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A 2 hrs round trip to the pond, for an hour of ride time,
To go home and plug into the electrical system.
That's powered by the Grid,
That's powered by Power Plants.
That's powered by Fossil Fuel.

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how about putting solar panels on the roof






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https://www.silent-yachts.com









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If you guys want to play with electricity and salt water, knock yourselves out......

Here’s one
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isn't china rich enough,plus,making those panels isn't really eco friendly to the planet

and then theres the batteries.

What people forget is that the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow. We will still need power plants powered by fossil or nuclear fuel to power the grid.

Padraig

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these electric toy boats are NOT going to replace or fix

• power plants
• Covid
• nuclear fuel
• CO2 emissions
• cancer
• will not replace V8 outboards
• will not replace V8 / V16 gasoline racing motors
  

they're just for toying around

with that being said check out what this kid has made "it's just a toy" ..








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Not for me! Same with Tesla and other electric or hybrid crap. I am super excited about my new to me gas guzzling pair of 575SCI engines !
I need stink of gas and oil, noise, actually lots of it , vibrations and close to triple digits speed jumping the waves . As long as I am alive , I am very happy to burn as much as possible of fossil based fuels.
But that is just me.

watch the vid.... its a sea sled looks like an early cat i think t2 or brownie has mentioned it......i think these are just a money grab its not very realistic i,m a boat wrench and i can assure you that batteries, electronics and salt water do no get along well...... none of this fancy electronics with pixee dust protection stands the test of time ! even on big tug boats that are diesel electric its a lot of work keeping it operating

opps link did not show lets try again......https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/22/gm-t...atercraft.html

I can’t even take care of my electric golf cart properly LOL.

I dont see this getting too much spectator interest. At 23' and they look like pod racers, the average Joe is not looking at them dreaming of owning one of them. And at a topo speed of 58 mph (yawn) they really are too slow.

It looks like a Robalo colidied with a transAtlantic cruiser and this was some back yard monstrosity that resulted.

Boats consume extremely large amounts of energy. An electric boat will always have a short leash unfortunately.

Sorry, but gasoline is freedom

not unless you have my new device "mr. fusion" "D

The electric motor technology is there. Some pretty impressive outboards already on the market. Battery tech however has yet to catch up and has a ways to go for marine and aviation applications.
It will get there and I foresee a day that energy storage will have a comparable density of a tank of gas. If I could have a 300hp Electric Mercury to replace the 300XS AND have similar range to the 60 gallon tank in place now AND recharge it via solar panels on the roof of the dock I’d be all over it.
Having driven my neighbors Tesla Model 3 Performance I’m a believer in a flat torque curve!

For now the Hybrid type of cruisers seem to be the best. There is a Australian company that does a small diesel that the engine bell-housing coupler is a motor/ generator. Can be used in full electric, full diesel or a combo of the two.

For performance boats or runabouts,,,, yes it will be some time.

Got a link?

Spinning the prop is no mystery, battery technology needs some time to mature but electrification is in our future. I see a hybrid system that would shut the IC motor off at low speed and use both when the hammer is down.
Go for a ride in a Tesla duel motor car and get back to me.

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This thread is for entertainment purposes only, not meant to persuade anyone to go electric

.. the guys in the video, from around the world are also feeling the need to try out electric power










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Americans are lazy and want things yesterday....so unless they setup super charging stations everywhere and can charge the battery in under 30min tops, Or they have a super service center that can swap a battery out in under 10min, i cant see EV's being used for anything else besides local trips around town. I just went onto Tesla's site to see if it would plan a trip from Chicago to Miami....wont do it for some reason. So i did a shorter trip to Nashville...says you need two charging stops...one 25min the other 50min for a total trip time of 9hrs.
Went onto Google maps for same directions....7hrs and 24min and i've done that trip plenty of times and know it can be done faster then that when your foots to the floor :D
So who wants to spend more time on the road waiting for their car/truck to charge up when you can be in/out of a gas station in under 10min ...refueling/pissing/getting food etc and be back on the road and still have better mileage (distance wise) before stopping?
Dont get me wrong i see some great potential in this stuff....like i mentioned in another post...i was cool as hell to see that EV hummer do a 4wd burnout...but until it gets as convenient as gas is now, there will be resistance to it.

My wife’s next car will almost certainly be electric. She doesn’t venture further than Savannah or Charleston (90 miles max). She’d love to be able to avoid stopping at gas stations, and I’d like the lower maintenance. We’ve been wagon fans for a long time (3 Merc’s and now a BMW). Might try a Volvo next if they produce the all electric prototype they are exhibiting.
My neighbor routinely drives his Model 3 Performance from here to Detroit. 2 charging stops.

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true story about my Tesla visit ..

just for fun, I went to a Tesla location, I wanted to test drive a model 3 just for fun since my wife was out shopping. the Tesla sales guy took my drivers license to photocopy and returned quickly and had with him the credit-card-sized key that runs the Model 3. After getting situated in the car and adjusting all of the mirrors and learning how to put the car in gear, he said to me "you have 20 mins please come back after around 20 mins as there is a waiting line to test drive this car" . I said sure. I then proceeded to drive out of the Tesla parking lot and to my amazement, the simple rear-wheel drive Tesla leaped forward. I was so impressed with that. The car really is fast. I then proceeded to drive on Route1, the car reached 55MPH in no time. The car felt light and nimble. I was driving in and out of traffic which great precision in this Tesla Model 3. I quickly went back to the sales man and said I want to take this home now. He said "these cars are not for sale. Let's try to find you a car." Well as it turns out, there are none available. "Let's put an order for a model 3 for you", he said. We quickly went back to his desk and began to search for availability. I couldn't believe the wait is 7 months long !!!

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Mercury Marine designs the Electric Outboard Motor Concept "Avator"

https://www.mercurymarine.com/en/us/...tric-outboard/


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Overboat




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I want to see it on Lake Michigan, lol

I’m not. They are horrible for our environment.

the first electric car in the us was built in 1890. went 14 mph ford built one in 1913. there was a number of others in Europe. price and range stopped all of them. not much has changed in over 100 years

The tech to make them practical for a larger audience is just not there yet and nobody ever talks about maintenance costs. How long does a battery last and how much will it cost to replace it? Everyday we hear the glowing stories from people trying to push an EV agenda but we don't get the full picture. I'll wait till we know about ownership costs, trade in values and all of the other things associated with car ownership. Oh and have you seen the price of electricity going up? With an ICE vehicle I can shop gas stations and pricing. I don't have any choices for alternate electric companies.
California already has rolling brown outs when people turn on their AC. Imagine people plugging in cars and how that will turn out.
I do see the good side but in reality it's 20 years away from being viable for the masses.