Electric Boat Goes 200 Miles In Norway – CleanTechnica

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The MotorCity Boat Werks YouTube Channel posted a video about traveling in Norway by electric cabin cruiser or “trawler,” depending on your point of view. A company named Canal Boats Telemark in Norway rents fully electric boats for touring the waters in and around Norway. Fully electric means only electric motors with batteries — the boats are not hybrids that use fossil fuels.

The Telemark Region of Norway is beautiful, with many natural features, including mountains, forests, and water bodies.

The electric boat used for the Norwegian excursion is 33 feet long and has a spacious comfortable-looking interior. It has a freezer/refrigerator and a galley for onboard meal preparation. It also has an onboard head for human waste elimination.

Propulsion is provided by a Torqueedo Electric drive system and there are two BMW 40 kWh batteries used for it. Cruising speed is about 5.5 knots, with a maximum speed of about 10 knots. The range is 53 nautical miles per charge. There are electric boat chargers at various locations in the area for recharging with both slow and fast chargers. A slow charge is about 10 hours and a fast charger is about 2.5 hours. A slow charge can easily be conducted at night.

Solar panels are on the boat’s roof and they supply electricity to run the vessel’s “house” functions, not the electric propulsion system.

The electric drive system does not directly generate any toxic air pollution; nor does it spill any toxic diesel fuel into the pristine Norwegian waters. Furthermore, almost all electricity in Norway is generated from hydropower and wind power, so electric vehicles on land and water are running on clean electricity.

It’s worth pointing out that the all-electric boat makes only a little noise when operating, unlike a gas or diesel vessel which makes far more noise. The cruising experience for people on an electric boat is more pleasant and the quieter operation is less bothersome to wildlife near the boat. Of course, there are also no smelly or noxious fumes from gas or diesel exhaust.

The American couple who rented the electric boat in Norway spent 16 days on it and traveled about 203 nautical miles. Renting an all-electric boat for a one- or two-week voyage looks like it could be very fun, especially with such fine scenery in Norway.

This Norwegian vessel is sort of a counterpart to the HopYacht that covered about 200 miles in the waters of the Greek islands. It uses a combination of wind power, solar power, and all-electric motors — no fossil fuel use.