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Electric outboards rule Part II

BoatTEST METS Review

Dec 23, 2021

Torqeedo has been Europe’s leader in electric propulsion

Two years of COVID-19-pent-up marine-product introductions burst forth on the world’s largest marine-equipment stage — METSTRADE — two weeks ago in Amsterdam. Most significant were TEN electric outboard motors with stated horsepower from 1 to 267. None of the electric motors on display was from Canada or the US; as you might expect in Holland European electrical engineers and entrepreneurs dominated the show.

Our friends from BoatTest.com, who were at METS and shot the video, agree with us that the future of boating is undeniably electric — the only question is when.

Last issue we took a look a look at Part I of BoatTest.com’s two-part video report on electric outboard motors displayed at METS. We now add Part 2 – more impressive information!

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