55-year-old water taxi goes solar-electric for eco-friendly harbor tours
Back in 2019, Canadian startup Ride Solar launched a Kickstarter aimed at converting a 52-year-old water taxi into a solar-powered cruise vessel for sight-seeing tours of Prince Edward Island. The campaign was unsuccessful but the idea lived on, and now the refitted and renamed Islola Solaretto is being readied for service.The Canadian Heritage Vessel first entered service for the 1967 Montreal Expo as one of a handful of vaporettos ferrying passengers around the Category One World's Fair. Expo Service No.5 was…