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Barcelona loves new quiet, zero emission 84 passenger electric ferry

1 day ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English The air and water are getting cleaner in yet another city as Barcelona launches the Ecocat Tres electric ferry that will carry passengers from the popular Las Ramblas district to the almost as popular Barceloneta Beach. While...
Voltari Delivers 1st High Speed Electric RIB to Coast Guard

3 days ago | boattest.com | Jeff Butler

by Jeff ButlerLast November electric speedboat specialist Voltari launched their Patrol 26 RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat), a cutting edge patrol vessel designed for government, military, and security applications. In December, ISED Canada (Innovation, Science and Economic Development) acquired a Patrol 26 CC for testing by the Canadian Coast Guard in the Pacific Ocean off British Columbia.
A great combo - Flux Marine outboard and the electric Scout 215 XSF

1 week ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English Flux Marine is one of the US innovators in electric propulsion, who first attracted notice in 2021 when they won two awards at the Newport Yachting Festival, including ‘Best Green Product’.
Podcast: Plugboats Newsletter March 16, 2025

3 weeks ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

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Inflatable houseboat pioneer launches new model

3 weeks ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English Hovercraft, the Slovenian company that created the popular Electricat inflatable houseboat, has launched a new model that incorporates all the learning and customer feedback from the past five years.
Voltari delivers 1st high speed electric RIB to Coast Guard

4 weeks ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English Last November electric speedboat specialist Voltari launched their Patrol 26 RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat), a cutting edge patrol vessel designed for government, military, and security applications.
WaVes 26 electric boats and boating news, March 23, 2025

1 month ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English Plugboats WAVES (Watts, Amps, Volts, Electrons) is a regular collection of electric boats and boating news items that we have written about before and are updating, or items we are going to write about but are waiting for...
Acel Power and VIVIC partner on new line of electric yachts

1 month ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English VIVIC Yachts of Taiwan and ACEL Power of Canada have entered a Joint Development Agreement for electric yachts that brings together ACEL’s innovative electric propulsion technology with VIVIC’s boatyard expertise. VIVIC will...
E-Force 30 foot electric boat perfect fit for Miami family

1 month ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English Al Haghayegh retrofitted his family’s ICE powered dayboat and realized it could do 90% of what the old fossil fuel version did, but without the noise, smell and fuelling costs.
Frauscher 740 Mirage Air electric day boat now powered by Evoy Vita

1 month ago | plugboats.com | Jeff Butler

Arabic Basque Chinese (Simplified) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian English Two world leaders in e-boating debuted their first collaboration – the Frauscher 740 Mirage Air powered by Evoy Vita – at Austria’s Tulin Boat Show last weekend.