HYBRID SUPERBOAT
Jul 01, 2021
4 minutes
The trouble with pure electric boats is that when you run out of power there’s no means of getting home. You can’t recharge the batteries at sea, there’s no auxiliary power source and, short of a pair of oars or a tow from a passing boat, you’re on your own. But what if your battery powered electric boat was also fitted with a small petrol generator that not only extended the range and increased the speed but also acted as a failsafe means of getting home? Suddenly the idea of buying an electric boat becomes less of a leap of faith and more a natural progression to a cleaner future.
This was the train of thought that set race car engineer and
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