Vision Marine Technologies, formerly known as the Canadian Electric Boat Company, was founded in the mid-1990’s and subsequently purchased in 2013 by Alexander Mongeon and Patrick Bobby. Now as the CEO, Mongeon and Bobby as the COO of Vision Marine Technologies, they continue to build Bruce, Fantail, Quietude, and Volt boats, all of which are electric powered boats from 16 to 22 ft in length. From a distance you cannot tell the difference from this electric outboard and their gasser brothers until you see the cooling water tell-tail and realize the only sound you are hearing is the cooling water as it exits the engine hitting the surrounding water. How big is big? Think 180 hp (or 130KW continuous or 160KW peak if you are an electrical engineer), and this electric outboard motor is in an approximate size, shape, and form as every other outboard manufacturer’s 175-200 hp gas outboard. This all changed at the recent IBEX Show in Tampa, Florida, when Vision Marine Technologies introduced the world’s first big, powerful outboard motor to the world, and they call it “E Motion 180E.” Some of these include the Duffy, which is a 10 kmph boat, as well as the Hinckley Dasher which is very expensive, and a variety of electric inboard boats such as those manufactured by Vision Marine Technologies. There are many boats available today with quiet inboard electric power. While kayaks and canoes can move through the water silently, larger boats can only do so with oars, sails, a trolling motor or a small electric outboard such as the Torqeedo or ePropulsion. Powering a boat with an electric motor is nothing new, but if you want to get someplace fast and silent in an outboard boat, there are no electric options. Vision Marine Technologies new electric outboard – E Motion 180E
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