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Forza F22

Beam: 8’6”

Draft: 1’3”

Weight (w/batteries): 5,000 lbs.

Power: 180-hp electric outboard

Batteries: (2) 104-kWh lithium-ion

The days of plugging your boat into an electrical outlet in your garage to recharge its batteries alongside your other EVs are not far off. According to Forza X1 Executive Chairman and Chief of Product Development Joseph Visconti, “The evolution of sustainable boating is here.”

Visconti’s brainchild, the Forza F22—a 22-foot center console powered by the company’s proprietary 180-hp electric outboard—launched at the Forza F1 Electrified Event in West Palm Beach, Florida, in July. He credited Elon Musk

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