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Electric Boat Costs 40–50€ to Cross Baltic Sea, vs 750€ Refueling Gas Boat (cleantechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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While the much lower fuel cost has to be a bit of a shocker (we all know EVs are more efficient and cheaper to operate, but not 95% cheaper), the bigger surprise has to be how much more convenient the electric boat was in a certain key way. “We actually had range anxiety, but not for the Candela. The irony is that the photographer’s gasoline-powered chase boat had to refuel six times during the trip, while we only charged three times,” said Gustav Hasselskog.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Isn't this massively misleading? Comparing the fuel consumption to a chase boat that is not a hydrofoil, and blaming the efficiency on the fact that it is an EV?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Exactly. Hydrofoils have a bunch of downsides (more expensive to buy and maintain, don't work in shallow water, don't work with big waves, etc), so it's not like the average boat owner can simply switch to a hydrofoil boat. It's a cool solution if it works in your particular area, but they're not a drop-in replacement.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A sail boat does the same distance for free

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I actually would have typed that into my comment too, but i have no knowledge of how much slower a wind powered boat would travel upwind or how dependent performance would be on wind. I totally understand the need for mechanically powered transportation instead of using wind. My comment is mainly targeted at the misleading comparison.