Voltari Set To Deliver 740 HP EV Speed Boat This Year via insideevs.com
But unlike propulsion on the road, boats create massive amounts of friction, requiring lots of energy to keep a constant cruising speed. While an electric car might only continuously draw 15kW of electricity at 60mph, an electric boat may draw several hundred kWs at the same speed. This makes building an electric boat especially tricky.
So when designing the 260, Heaps says he and his team focused on utilizing a carbon fiber hull to reduce weight from the get-go."That's when the incredible weight savings we find on the carbon fiber side, we use every pound of that to give us extra {battery} capacity, up to 142kWh {right now}," Heaps told."That allows us to put very impressive motors on and do things in the water that haven't been done before.
In all, the Voltari 260 comes in at around 26 feet and weighs 7,000 pounds. It has a top speed of 60 mph. For its range, the 260 can go 37 miles on a single charge."The way we look at it is we take the average boater's day on the water, whether you're in Florida, The Hamptons, or Cottage country Ontario. Very few people go more than 35 miles on their boating day, and that's what you can do at cruise {speed}," Heaps said.
For charging, Voltari expects most owners to charge their boats right at their docks, as most are equipped with 220V outlets."Right now, with the 220V pedestals that already exist on most slips in the boating industry, we plug in when we get off the water, and in the morning, the boat's always full," Heaps told
. However, the boat does have fast charging capabilities as well. With its 700V battery system, Heaps says a fast charging session will take just 45 minutes.
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