Alternatives to gasoline engines are gaining popularity around the world. Will the United States follow?
The trend now spreading all around the world is impossible to ignore. In late 2020, Slovenia-based Greenline Yachts announced a partnership to provide boats for the world’s first all-electric charter company on the Telemark Canal in Norway. A similar program is underway in Sweden with a partnership between Candela, a builder of foiling electric boats, and solar-energy provider Nordsol for a network of charging stations on the Swedish archipelago.
In December, Vetus, the Dutch company best known for bow and stern thrusters, introduced electric motors for sail and small boats, while Quebec-based Vision Marine Technologies had an initial public offering that raised $27.6 million to start production on a 180-hp electric outboard. And don’t forget Volvo Penta, which partnered with Fountaine Pajot on a 40-foot catamaran powered by electric motors that the Swedish engine manufactur
Print article Greenline Yachts supplies the first 100% electric charter fleet
Greenline Yachts, the worldwide leader in alternative propulsion motorboats, has teamed up with Canal Boats Telemark AS in Norway, W-Yachts and Torqeedo to create the first 100% electric charter fleet in the world. Canal Boats Telemark will operate six new Greenlines - two 33s and four 39s - all fitted with the shipyard’s revolutionary EDrive system, which was launched at Boot Düsseldorf in 2019. Since then, full electric Greenlines have been sold all over the world including to the USA, Germany and Russia.
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Thanks to their bank of lithium batteries and electric motors, the Greenline 33 and 39 can cruise silently and without any emissions at a speed of 7 knots and to a top speed of 11 knots. With their battery capacity of 80kWh, they have a range of up to 40nm on a single charge. Located in the picturesque surroundings of southern Norway, Porsgrunn is clo