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09-21-2021, 04:28 PM #15000 RPM
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Mercury Racing Officially making an Electric Powertrain.
https://www.speedonthewater.com/merc...racing-series/
Projected speed is only in the 50s. But with Steve Curtis involved and Mercury Racing, it's only up from here! Gotta start somewhere!
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09-21-2021, 05:00 PM #2
Whoopdeedoo....
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09-21-2021, 05:09 PM #3Supporting Member
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This is the future. Like it or not, its coming on hard.
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09-21-2021, 05:18 PM #4
Sad thing is sourcing the materials, manufacturing, usage, and end of life issues with all these batteries hurts the environment also.
No doubt electric propulsion has a place in the marine world but not for the boats you see on these pages.Last edited by Pulse186; 09-21-2021 at 05:49 PM.
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09-21-2021, 07:21 PM #5
https://youtu.be/7ddV_cEHj-8
tps://youtu.be/70UGZ-k5gEo
A few years from now battery's will be much better, which will change everything
https://youtu.be/ixbcvKCl4JcLast edited by CUDA; 09-21-2021 at 07:53 PM.
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09-21-2021, 09:27 PM #6Screaming And Flying!
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09-21-2021, 09:32 PM #7
Well how do you explain the Cybertruck having over 500 mile range?
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09-22-2021, 02:02 AM #85000 RPM
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09-22-2021, 04:17 AM #105000 RPM
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The battery weight will depend on your desired range. And maybe not an Allison, but an LCB has a lot more area within the CG for extra weight while being able to stay on the running surface in comparison. Efficient hulls will benefit exponentially.
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Range is a simple calc, multiply your gas weight by say 20x and theres your eqivilent electric range, then you have to fit that in your boat and volume difference is about 5x.
( based on 30% SI ICE efficiency and 95% electric) Large diesels are close to 50% efficient
So we need to build our hulls from carbon + nomex and have them on foils with sail assistLast edited by powerabout; 09-22-2021 at 05:11 AM.
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09-22-2021, 05:41 AM #12
Am I the only one who feels high power electric power cels in a boat is literally life and death dumb?
Hydrostream dreamin
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09-22-2021, 05:54 AM #13
For racing....Cool idea. Battery cells can be swapped after every pull so weight and capacity can be reduced big time. Hell, if you can pull 1000amps for 10 seconds from a 100 amp hr lifepo4 thats all you need. Swap it out and go again. For a bass boat or river runner....nah, itll be a while before we see enough efficiency for that.
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Will be a nice project for Merc, they will find out they need to be in the battery business to make an electric powertrain work
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09-22-2021, 07:49 AM #15
Funny you should mention that…
https://boatingindustry.com/news/202...n-battery-llc/A problem is only a problem when viewed as a problem...
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