Voltari 260 electric boat goes Florida to Bahamas – 91 miles – on single charge
The Voltari 260 electric boat has accomplished quite a feat: Key Largo Florida to Bimini, Bahamas: 91 miles (146 km
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World Firsts
World’s 1st green hydrogen racing yacht aiming for Vendee Globe 2024
The round-the-world Vendée Globe may be the world’s most gruelling sport competition, and the world’s 1st green hydrogen racing yacht
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WaVeS #4: arcs, sparks and electric boat news
Plugboats WaVeS is an occasional collection of electric boat news and boating items that we have written about before and
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Historic Zebu world’s 1st tall ship with electric motor
The world’s 1st tall ship with electric motor is ‘Zebu ‘, a wooden brigantine of Baltic Trader design that was
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Greece’s first electric ferry announced
Greece’s first electric ferry has been commissioned to service the 10km run across the Gulf of Corinth between the port
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Crowdfunding the world’s fastest electric jetski
The world’s fastest electric jetski is a new electric boat crowdfunding project that comes from Jamie Marley. Jamie is a
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China’s electric ferry is first in the country
The Junlyu, China’s first electric ferry, was launched in mid-November and is now carrying passengers and running sightseeing trips on
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Plugboats electric boat roundup – Nov 22
Welcome to our regular Plugboats electric boat round up of e-boat highlights and news from the past few weeks. Click
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Electric boat world firsts (Edition 2)
Here are another half dozen electric boat world firsts to go along with the article we did back in May
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NZ jet boat attraction replacing V8 with electric
The world famous Shotover Jet canyon river ride has received a grant from the New Zealand government to convert a
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Zero-emission ship world’s 1st in Arctic circle
The Energy Observer research ship, powered by nothing but the wind, the sun and hydrogen extracted from the seawater it
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World’s largest electric ferry completes maiden voyage
E-Ferry Ellen, with an electric propulsion system powered by a 4.3 MWh battery – the largest ever in a boat
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New Zealand orders World’s 1st electric tugboat
The growth of electric marine propulsion continues day by day with the latest example being the world’s first full-size electric
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New hydrofoiling electric jetski WaveFlyer
This new electric jetski is further evidence that hydrofoiling is one of the most promising technologies in electric boating. Developed
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Here are 6 recent World 1sts in electric boats
While I was writing out the article the other day about the World’s 1st Hydrogen River Boat, it occurred to
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World’s 1st hydrogen river boat, + emission-free
Switzerland’s ABB and Canada’s Ballard Systems announced they are collaborating on the world’s first hydrogen powered river boat, with hydrogen
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World’s 1st network of e-boat superchargers launches in Monaco
The Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM), widely recognized as the world leader in promoting clean marine propulsion, is now home
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Launch of world’s 1st hybrid pilot boat for London
The world’s first hybrid boat for piloting large ships into port has been launched for testing and should soon be
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The incredible rise of the electric hydrofoils!
Here are 12 amazing zero-emission electric hydrofoil personal watercraft that fly over the water, a technology that didn’t even exist
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World’s 1st electric harbour skimmer for Oslo
Norway – with the help of Canada – continues to be a leader in the electrification of commercial boats. Now
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