Power & Motoryacht

High Speed Hydrogen

everal years ago, I had the opportunity to spend a fair amount of time in Starnberg, Germany, in the company of Christoph Ballin, one of the two highly innovative guys who, back in 2004, founded Torqeedo, arguably the most recognizable brand in marinized-electric propulsion in the world today. Ballin was conducting a tour of the Torqeedo production facility, a rather techie place he was justifiably proud of. Just for the heck of it, in the midst of the tour, I decided to ask him about the feasibility of hydrogen-powered (as opposed

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