Electric Boat Maker X Shore Speaks With CleanTechnica About Its New Vessel & The Company’s Future

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 19:30:02 +0000

Much of the visibility electric vehicles enjoy right now is focused on electric cars, SUVs, and trucks. Fortunately, the electrification of transportation also includes water-based people movers. In the United States there may be as many as 12 million registered leisure craft. In Europe, that figure is about 6 million, according to the European Boating […]

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Sexy/Unsexy, Practical/Impractical: Decarbonizing Marine Transportation Has Hype & Dogs As Well

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 20:00:39 +0000

Sexy / unsexy, practical / impractical quadrant chart of marine transportation decarbonization by Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist, TFIE Strategy Inc.Moving into the sexy but impractical quadrant, the top row shows a clear trend, and indeed the trend extends across most of the versions of these quadrant charts. Hydrogen is not fit for purpose.

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Artemis Technologies Unveils Fast Electric Ferry Design

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 22:00:26 +0000

One of the biggest challenges for electric boating is the water drag. Pushing a big boat to any real speed means expending a lot of energy, which cuts into range. Because batteries don’t hold as much energy per unit of weight and volume (low energy density) compared to fossil fuels, diesel and nastier bunker fuels […]

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