X SHORE EELEX 8000
Founded in 2012 by Swedish tech entrepreneur Konrad Bergstrom to develop and build the world’s first mass produced electric-powered sportsboats, X-Shore attracted thousands of column inches of press coverage and the investment to match. Six years on and its initial aim of building an all-electric craft with a top speed of 40 knots and a cruising range of 50nm at 25 knots has been revised to a top speed of 30 plus knots and a range of 100nm at displacement speed only. Crucially, however, the X Shore Eelex 8000 is now in build. The numbers may not be huge yet but with over 80 orders taken and 41 boats built, it is a proven product that on paper at least has the pace and ability to compete with its petrol-powered counterparts. And unlike its Swedish rival, Candela, it doesn’t rely on computer-controlled foiling technology to deliver that performance, just a planing hull and a powerful electric shaft drive motor linked to a whopping great battery pack.
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