Electric news from the Venice Boat Show
Kevin Desmond of Electrify Venice and VeniceAgenda 2028 (more about VA2028 at the bottom of this article) has given an
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Water Taxis
E-watertaxi launches Italian lake’s public charger
When two local businessmen donated a charging station to the public docks in the town of Cazaggo on Lake Varese,
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TBThursday: Electric boats and Venice 1893-2019
A few weeks ago our Throwback Thursday looked at the Electric Launch Company (which is still flourishing as the Elco
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Solar boat gets nod from solar airplane pioneer
The facebook post of Azura Marine Earth probably says it best: “WE MADE IT! After nearly one year of application
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FlyBus. SeaBubbles’ new hydrofoil electric ferry?
From going through twitter tweets from Alain Thebault, creator of SeaBubbles, the electric hydrofoil water taxi that has landed its
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125-year-old electric boat company still making history
For this Plugboats Throwback Thursday about a venerable electric boat company, bear with us for a quick quote from Wikipedia:
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TBThursday: The World’s 1st electric yacht tender
While doing research for his authoritative book Electric Boats and Ships: A History, (buy it here from Amazon) author Kevin
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Solar electric dolphin watching in Key West
Fourteen years ago Billy Litmer took a Greyhound bus to Key West and went snorkeling. “It was my first time
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Electrified canal boats of Amsterdam
The electrified canal boats of Amsterdam are historic vessels going electric as part of the city’s mission to make its
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The first electric RIB workboat
An electric RIB workboat is a great advance in e-boats as Rigid Inflatable-hull Boats (RIBs) are the top choice for
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Electric flying water taxi has 1st U.S. customer
SeaBubbles (shown above) is the creation of revered French yachtsman Alain Thébault, also creator of the world’s first multi-hulled hydrofoil,
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A petition to get all boats in Venice electrified by 2028
Kevin Desmond has been writing about electric boats since 1979, when the ‘industry’ was literally embryonic and his 2017 book “Electric
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‘Flying’ water-taxi cruises through Paris
The scene is the River Seine in Paris, ahead of the VivaTech conference, which brings together tech CEOs and startups from around the
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