We received a number of fascinating responses to last week’s electric boat question. Here are some of the highlights.
Tom B. writes:Love your weekly articles. There is indeed an electric recreational watercraft made by Correct Craft, a super air Nautique. You can pass this along to your readers. The features are pretty impressive, only 2-3 hours of runtime, no solar recharge and the price tag is not for the faint of heart. ~$250,000.
You can find out more about the $292,711 boat here.
Peter Karos writes:Someone wrote in that there were no electric watercraft. www.purewatercraft.com high-profile silicon valley names involved. And www.evoy.no. Two different approaches…..
Read more about Evoy and Pure Watercraft.
David Straton writes:When I go down hill in my Tesla M3, electricity is seamlessly generated and sent to my batteries. A central problem in a sailing boat is how to charge the batteries. This would be even more critical if diesel engines were replaced with electric engines. If the propellor’s pitch could be controlled, it should be possible for the props to generate electricity when the boat is under sail, and power the boat when there is no wind. I don’t understand the critical elements, but whatever is in the Tesla M3 could be invaluable to the boating electrification project.
Regenerative braking for boats is an interesting idea, and indeed the Lagoon 440 employed a similar idea to recharge the brakes when the boats were using the sail.
Don’t forget to check out Zin Boats, which has debuted the Z2R speedboat that can move over 100 miles at cruising speeds.
Got any comments or queries? Don’t forget to send them over to muskreads@inverse.com.
