And now one thing from sister web site Aquablog (kidding), Mercury Marine is appearing off electrical boat motors at CES. Its 7.5e is already to be had, however new are the 20e, 35e, 75e and 110e sizes. All can also be hooked up to current motor mounts on boats, perhaps pontoon boats right here in the US. The numbers/names correspond to their output in hectowatts, which, if you happen to’re no longer Egon Spengler, equates to three horsepower, 5 hp, 10 hp and 15 hp, respectively.

Whilst the present 7.5e has an built-in battery pack, the larger and extra robust motors require separate packs, to be had in 1-, 2.3- or 5.4-kilowatt-hour sizes. The two.3 is what is going to be presented to begin with later this yr – the 20e takes one pack, whilst the 35e takes two. Information about the even larger motors are to be introduced. The battery packs are equipped by means of Mercury Marine at the side of the important energy keep watch over module that guarantees the total machine satisfies rules and protection. Mercury additionally supplies brackets to safe the battery packs.

This electrical propulsion machine can also be retrofitted to current boats or to new ones, once more, perhaps pontoons. This implies Mercury Marine is operating with person boat sellers in addition to boat producers. To facilitate the transformation, it’s going to even be dispatching product integration engineers as had to sellers or producers.

Mercury Marine says that even the smallest motor may just push a pontoon as much as 20 mph, which might be truly all you want. Vary is alleged to be one hour at complete throttle or 5 hours at 50% throttle. Recharging is each difficult and extremely simple. Each and every of the 48-pound 2.3-kWh battery packs can also be hauled out and recharged. However, you’ll be able to have an AC breaker put in to your boat, which Patrick Reinke of Mercury Marine says isn’t as frightening or difficult because it sounds. With it, you’ll be able to merely plug the boat/battery into an outlet on your boathouse or on a dock. The general selection is to haul the boat out of the water solely and recharge the batteries that method – if you happen to haul the boat out any method, that is almost definitely the way you’d do it. Making an allowance for how a lot of a ache it may be to fill up your boat with fuel, with the ability to recharge with any of those strategies doesn’t sound too unhealthy.

What about value? Mercury Marine hasn’t launched pricing for all of the new motors, however the 20e is going for $6,500 and the 35e for $10,500. That incorporates the facility keep watch over unit. The two.3-kWh battery pack is then $1,989 every. Do the maths and also you’re taking a look at $8,489 for the 20e and $14,478. That clearly does no longer come with set up.

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