I wish Tesla would announce an electric boat.
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Lots of info here:I wish Tesla would announce an electric boat.
What's Up Outdoors - The future of outboards | Brainerd Dispatch
I’m thinking of pleasure craft. 16 to 24 foot fishing, hunting, etc boats would be perfect. You could jump from carbureted two strokes to battery electric. Few things in life are as unreliable as an old outboard engine that gets seasonal use.
The German company Torqueedo (among others) makes a wide range of electric marine propulsion units all the way from their small electric outboards for kayaks up to the "Deep Blue" and Pod drive systems that can take the place of large outboards or gas or diesel inboards. I have been using their Travel 1003c outboard on the RIB tender for my Meridian 459 power boat for over a year now and love it. No cans of gas to keep onboard, no smell, no pulling the starter cord until my arm falls off, and just a quiet whine when I'm out motoring in the harbor. I keep a second battery onboard the dinghy to alleviate "range anxiety" ... backed-up with a good pair of oars! If I had a spare $200k laying around I'd replace my twin inboard diesel engines with electric propulsion and a ton of Li-ion batteries ... a floating Tesla!I’m thinking of pleasure craft. 16 to 24 foot fishing, hunting, etc boats would be perfect. You could jump from carbureted two strokes to battery electric. Few things in life are as unreliable as an old outboard engine that gets seasonal use.
And I/O boats as well! I have a small ski boat and I would love to upgrade to an electric ski boat someday. However the only ones I’ve seen that are similar are $200,000 and up! It seems to me if someone could get the price point below say, $100,000, there would be great demand for it. My old ice boat is well taken care of and even so it still dings me for about $1000 in repairs every year. I’m tired of this nonsense but I want to be out on the water. I’m sure someone will solve this problem but for now it is just a dream apparently.
These folks presented to The Tesla Owners Club of Ontario a couple of years ago. He brought in a boat (inboard motor). It was gorgeous. They make cedar strip cruisers, too. A number of these cruisers are in Muskoka, a high end cottage area, 120 miles north of Toronto. They have been around for 8-10 years.2020 VOLT 180 | WHITE & NAVY BLUE | Canadian Electric Boats
Here's a 10kwh boat for $46,683.86. I wonder if it is any good.
Just like it took Tesla to make EVs competitive, we need someone to make electric boats competitive. A tiny battery on a boat that goes <10 mph is a niche market. Start producing electric wake boats, bowriders, bass boats, center console fishing boats etc that perform as well (if not better than) the competition and now we're talking. I love my 3, trying to get rid of my wife's gas SUV for a Y, but there's nothing currently available or in the works to replace our 25' bowrider with a big block 502. I wish there was...
These folks presented to The Tesla Owners Club of Ontario a couple of years ago. He brought in a boat (inboard motor). It was gorgeous. They make cedar strip cruisers, too. A number of these cruisers are in Muskoka, a high end cottage area, 120 miles north of Toronto. They have been around for 8-10 years.
This was the boat he brought; The Bruce
Sounds right. I believe he had a 20 kwh battery in the model, and claimed it was good for about 4-6 hours "cruising". He said it was $90-$100K CDN, and could scale up to 100 kwhYeah, that's the one I found on Youtube. Didn't link it because I had a hard time telling how much they are selling it for. There is a 100 kwh model for 200 CAD, and a 4 kwh model for 70 CAD. So they are probably selling optional battery packs around $1,350 per kwh on top of the 70,000 CAD, but not clear from their site.
At 70-100k, it does resemble the Tesla Model S.