Pretty cool electric boat just released

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Quick details:

Within its 6.75 meter frame (22.15 feet), it is said to be packing 60 kWh of lithium batteries from sister-company Flux Power that can keep it going for up to 10 hours. It relies on a liquid-cooled brushless DC motor capable of pumping out 268 horsepower and 664 pound feet of torque for forward motion and can attain a top speed of about 40 miles per hour (64 km/h). Not bad considering it weighs in at 3,798 pounds. It comes with a charger and can be plugged into any available voltage outlet or can be topped off by an external generator running on diesel or bio-diesel. The dash features a nice touch-screen with controls and information for the motor, batteries and entertainment system.

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Epic Wake Boats
Epic Boats Unveils Epic 21se Electric Boat | WaterSki Magazine
Epic Boats introduces all-electric wakeboard craft — Autoblog Green

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Yes, I know it's a wake boat, but it's cool to see stuff like this come out.
10 hours duration with a top speed of 40 sounds pretty cool. Electric dive boats in the future would be sweet.

Better hope no water gets in the battery compartment...

 

[Nemrod]

The Navy has electric boats now, have had for years, they have a fission reactor that makes steam that makes the propeller go.

I don't think batteries will ever be very popular for marine propulsion without a reactor or fuel cell to charge them with the battery acting as a buffer.

I spent all this money on a boat that will not sink and now we want to fill it with heavy batteries, why not just back a dump truck to it and fill it with cement.

Cool concept but probably forever impractical for the same reason you will never see a battery powered airliner, no battery can provide the energy density of hydrocarbon fuels, not even close.

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[Peter_C]

The Epic is a bad azz boat for wakeboarding. The electric version is the first of it's kind. Therefore it commands the $150,000 price tag :shocked2: