![]() The company also says it has a 400-hp outboard motor in development. The 300-hp motor will have a price of about $81,000 USD, we’re told. The company says it will begin production later this year for consumers. A 300-hp Evoy powered an Axopar 25 at the Cannes boat show last September, and demonstration rides were given to one and all. ![]() Above, right, is the prototype of the Evoy 300 at Cannes on an Axopar 25.Įvoy, located in Floro, Norway, builds the most powerful inboard electric currently being demonstrated. Leif Stavostrand, founder and CEO of Evoy running his electric-powered boat home to an island on which he lives off Floro, Norway. In addition, VMT produces three of its own boat and engine packages for sedate cruising. Four Winns says the boat will be available for delivery in the summer of 2023. It has been reported that VMT will get its first shipment of 120 Neogy batteries, assembled in France, this spring, half of a 240 battery order. VMT has been working with Four Winns to create a 22’ (6.7 m) bowrider, powered exclusively by a 180-hp VMT electric system. VMT’s 22’ Bruce runabout powered by two of its 180-hp outboard motors was clocked at 109 mph after a one mile run on Lake of the Ozarks last summer. Its motors have been in beta testing for over two years, and the most spectacular demonstration of their power was performed last year. VMT has been developing its engine for three years or so, and that is an example of the length of the gestation period for any outboard motor maker. Mongeon was in the electric boat manufacturing and rental business (in the same general category as Duffy), and so it was a natural for him to see the future of electric power for boats. Vision Marine Technologies (VMT) is a publicly-traded (Nasdag: VMAR) company founded some years ago by CEO Alex Mongeon in Quebec, Canada. See BoatTEST’s ride on a pontoon boat powered by a 180-hp Vision Marine engine, plus an interview of the company founder and CEO Alex Mongeon. Vision Marine Motors and Boat/Motor Packages The sum and substance of all of this is that consumers should not compare the continuous horsepower ratings of electric motors to the stated horsepower of internal combustion engines. In a similar fashion, internal combustion outboard engines rated horsepower is actually, their “peak” horsepower at from 5000 to 6000 RPM, not what is produced at, say, 3500 RPM. When marine electric motor makers quote numbers higher than this, they could likely be “peak” horsepower ratings, which typically can be sustained for only less than one minute. For an example, a 100 kW electric motor has an output equivalent to 134 hp. To find out what the continuous horsepower of an electric motor, multiply the kW rating by 1.34. The beginning of the beginning of electric outboard power in America.Ĭonsumer Caveat: We are seeing some pretty high horsepower equivalent numbers by some electrical systems makers, so it is wise for consumers to keep in mind this factor: 1.34102 – 1.34 for short.
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