Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

[Gale Hawkins]

Sounds to be expensive but a low power option were traditional fuel motors use are declining.

Mercury unveils new 100% electric outboard boat motor with easy-swap batteries

The Mercury Avator 7.5e electric outboard motor was unveiled at CES 2023 as a complete electric propulsion system for small boats.

electrek.co

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

3.5 horsepower!

 

[cqaigy2]

3.5 horsepower!

More than you can output on a rowboat. Maybe not one of those peddle power ones. Probably quieter though.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

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[Dftodd]

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But there's a very steep and very fast learning curve for that throttle if they are all interconnected.

Guy did that on one of the local lakes with a smaller sized speed boat. Hooked up 3 oversized outboards and connected the throttle handle to all three engines.

He fired it up. Then, instead of bumping the throttle a touch to see how things responded, he had the major brain fart (hold my beer) and decided to just go for it and go full throttle at once. The engines out ran the front of the boat. Standing it straight up on end and then flipping it.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

3.5 horsepower!

You have to wait for the 20e and 35e

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Sounds to be expensive but a low power option were traditional fuel motors use are declining.

Mercury unveils new 100% electric outboard boat motor with easy-swap batteries

The Mercury Avator 7.5e electric outboard motor was unveiled at CES 2023 as a complete electric propulsion system for small boats.

electrek.co

I've had in my fishing boat a trolling motor that runs on a series 31 battery. What is the big deal?

 

[/pine]

Sounds to be expensive but a low power option were traditional fuel motors use are declining.

Mercury unveils new 100% electric outboard boat motor with easy-swap batteries

The Mercury Avator 7.5e electric outboard motor was unveiled at CES 2023 as a complete electric propulsion system for small boats.

electrek.co

FWIW...Anyone that has been to 'Crater Lake National Park'...and made the trek down to the lake knows the only boats (tour) allowed on the lake are electric...this was the case when I was there in '72'...they were likely powered by L/A deep cycle batteries...

FWIW...IMO Crater Lake is one of the (after Yellowstone park) most awesome and inspiring national parks...

 

[Gale Hawkins]

I've had in my fishing boat a trolling motor that runs on a series 31 battery. What is the big deal?

All of the series 31 batteries that I have touched weighed more than 16 pounds. The complete unit weighing in at 47 pounds makes it a Luggable for many.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

FWIW...Anyone that has been to 'Crater Lake National Park'...and made the trek down to the lake knows the only boats (tour) allowed on the lake are electric...this was the case when I was there in '72'...they were likely powered by L/A deep cycle batteries...

FWIW...IMO Crater Lake is one of the (after Yellowstone park) most awesome and inspiring national parks...

One person asked about the motor out of my 2015 Leaf SV parts car that was mint inside and out but totalled out by Erie Insurance because of computer errors and it showed a error light with a known good charging cord.

I said no because I expect the car took a surge. A week after we got back from DC picking up the car I came down with COVID and was messed up for a long time but needed the parts so we parted the car out to Savage a new $13,000 battery from Nissan in our 2016 SL.

Apparently Kentucky lake is going to stop fossil fuel boat motor use at some point and he was wanting to set it up with his pontoon boat.