Electric Boats
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Magonis launched one of the sleekest e-boats on the water in 2021, an 18-footer with light vacuum-infused hull. The Spanish shipyard has now teamed with US powertrain company Flux Marine to equip the Wave e-550 with a fast, powerful 40-kW outboard.
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Oru Kayak has long offered some of the market's most compact, conveniently portable watercraft. Now the company is expanding the appeal of its lineup by pairing its vessels with an equally compact, portable electric drive system.
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Vision Marine, the company behind the world's most powerful electric outboard, has launched the Phantom, a rotomolded plastic boat that's tough enough to last a generation and ready to be recycled at lifecycle's end.
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Electric boat-maker Arc recently made the final delivery of its limited-edition One model, and is aiming its second build at the mass market. The Arc Sport is designed to make waves, allowing boarders to get tricky in its wake.
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Yamaha may be the largest, most well-known outboard manufacturer in Japan, but Tohatsu was the country's first. Tohatsu remains a venerable force in outboard production today and is now teaming with Ilmor on an all-electric global outboard family.
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At this year's Boat Düsseldorf show, ePropulsion presented its smallest electric outboard. The new all-in-one eLite weighs less than 15 lb, carries easily to the water, and delivers up to an hour and a half of quiet, zero-emissions power.
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Things can get ugly and inefficient when a ground effect vehicle accidentally skims the water, adding significant drag that can drastically slow it down, wrench it sideways or just cost energy. One inventor is solving this problem with paddle wheels.
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Mayla looks to launch a new breed of boat that marries the performance of a speedboat with the luxury of a yacht. Its newly debuted GT cranks out over 3,000 hp for speeds topping 100 knots but also has a comfortable cabin, sundeck and beach club.
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Back in 2021, Crowley commissioned the building of the first electric tug to assist ships in a US harbor. Now the company has taken delivery of the eWolf, ahead of operational duty at the Port of San Diego later this year.
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A San Francisco startup that launched at the 2021 Palm Beach International Boat Show has announced that it will begin ferrying Stripe employees to work on its flagship N30 six-passenger foiling electric boat from March.
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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 most powerful models of the all-electric Avator lineup.
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After debuting a hydrofoil water bike a few years ago, Jetcycle seems to have realized not everyone is up for the task of vigorously pedaling a foil. It's now adding an e-trimaran variant that kicks in e-assist and stability to ease the ride.
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