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Magonis launched one of the sleekest little electric boats on the water in 2021, an 18-footer (5.5-m) with a speedy look and lightweight vacuum-infused hull construction. At the time, it offered a range of electric outboard options ranging between 4 and 30 kW (5.4 and 40 hp) of power. The Spanish shipyard has now teamed with US powertrain company Flux Marine to equip the Wave e-550 for the power-hungry American market. It tops its global lineup with a 40-kW (54-hp) Flux outboard-driven e-550, pushing top speed to 29 mph…

Oru Kayak has long offered some of the market's most compact, conveniently portable watercraft. Now the company is expanding the appeal of its lineup by pairing its vessels with an equally compact, portable electric drive system. Teaming up with the folks at Bixpy, it's developed an e-drive solution that travels and mounts easily and provides quiet, range-extending performance with less paddling effort. Launched in 2012, Oru Kayak has blown up its original concept of an origami-inspired folding kayak from a single vessel…

Yamaha previously announced it would show its prototype hydrogen-combustion outboard motor at the 2024 Miami International Boat Show, and it's gone the extra mile in bringing a prototype boat and fuel delivery system to go along with it. Yamaha calls its new hydrogen V8 outboard a world first for the recreational boating industry and has partnered up with Roush and Regulator Marine to install it into a working boat that will begin testing in a few months. In developing its hydrogen outboard prototype, Yamaha adapted the…

Yamaha may be the largest, most well-known manufacturer of outboard motors in Japan, but Tohatsu Corporation beat it to market by a couple years back in the mid-20th century to become the country's first outboard producer. Tohatsu remains a venerable force in outboard production today and is now teaming with US-based Ilmor Engineering in developing an entire all-electric outboard family that will start quietly hitting waters in Europe and North America this year. Tohatsu began building motor products with its founding in…

French startup FinX was founded on the idea that the best way to preserve nature is to look to it for inspiration. Toward that end, it's developed an outboard motor that allows boats to move through the water more naturally and efficiently, similar to actual creatures of the sea. It cuts out the basic propeller and replaces it with a fin-like undulating membrane directly inspired dolphins and jellyfish. When agitated by the electric motor, the membrane develops safe, steady thrust that quietly pushes the vessel forward.…

While other marine companies were using this year's Boat Dusseldorf show to electrify fast, furious water toys of every possible size, Chinese e-drive maker ePropulsion was presenting its smallest, most versatile electric outboard yet. The new eLite outboard weighs less than 15 lb (6.8 kg) and is designed to bring immediate torque and power to small boats and tenders. The plug-and-play drive carries easily to the water, attaches and detaches with a simple, one-click mounting system, and delivers up to an hour and a half…

A year ago at CES 2023, Mercury Marine presented its first electric outboard ever, the Avator 7.5e. For this year's show, it cranked up the power to present the highest output models of the all-electric Avator lineup. Both new outboards more than double the power of any previous Avator product, adding new on-water performance capabilities to the Avator family. The new motors include the same targeted runtime and modular battery system of previous Avators, allowing end users to tailor range and time on the water to their…

Mercury Marine just showed off two new electric outboard motors at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The newly unveiled Avator 75e and 110e now become the company’s new largest electric outboards offering more power for higher performance and larger vessels. Mercury previously unveiled its Avator 7.5e, which was followed by the Avator 20e and 35e. Now these two new models round out the five-model lineup and open new doors for electric boaters. “We are thrilled to…

Yamaha Motor has already pushed to the front of the pack in developing hydrogen engines for automobiles and off-highway off-roaders, and now it's looking to launch its hydrogen-combustion program into the water. A potentially critical piece of its greater carbon neutrality program, Yamaha's new hydrogen outboard prototype will debut at the upcoming 2024 Miami International Boat Show, previewing a cleaner future for boaters and marine consumers. Long before government and industry were rapidly prodding along cleaner, more…

Mercury’s recently unveiled electric outboard motors are now on their way to customers after the company announced the beginning of shipments of the Avator 7.5e. And new performance testing shows just what boaters can expect from the motor. The compact Avator 7.5e is the first of five upcoming electric outboards from Mercury, with the already-named Avator 20e and 35e to be unveiled later this year as higher-power models. They’re designed to make it easy to electrify small vessels and…