This $500,000 electric yacht can cross oceans on just battery and solar power
Singapore-based Azura Marine unveiled a new $500,000 electric yacht that they claim can complete "non-stop ocean voyages powered only by sunlight."
The electrification of transport is slowly spreading into maritime transport.
While the focus has been commercial vehicles like ferries, it is also reaching leisure and personal vessels.
Azura Marine is the latest to enter the space with its first solar-powered catamaran yacht, the Aquanima 40 series, unveiled earlier this month in Bali, Indonesia.
The company describes the electric vessel:
"She is a unique 4 cabin, 8 guest yacht designed for extended cruising without any need for fossil fuels or refuelling stops of any nature. The Aquanima 40 solar-powered catamarans are also equipped with a 56 m2 rain catchment system, water maker and air conditioning water recovery – rendering water supply stops unnecessary too."
Azura Marine claims that the vessel can continuously cruise thanks to its large 10 kW solar power system and 60 kWh battery pack.
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