A fanatical angler, Schmidt used the electric motor to maneuver his boat silently. Needless to say, the idea caught on, and fresh and saltwater trolling motors are now ubiquitous boat accessories.

Chad Strater and Nick Planson, co-founders of The Boat Yard, a company seeking to garner interest in electric boat motors, are testing this Torqeedo electric outboard motor powered by two 5,000 ...

A year ago at CES 2023, Mercury Marine presented its first electric outboard ever, the Avator 7.5e. For this year's show, it cranked up the power to present the most powerful models of the all ...

Flying cars and self-driving vehicles always get attention at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas, but this year electric recreational boats are making bigger waves. Swedish company Candela on ...

Flying cars and self-driving vehicles always get attention at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas, but this year electric recreational boats are making bigger waves. Swedish company Candela on ...

The X Shore Eelex 8000 on display would command a chunk of that money with a starting price of $295,000. The 26-foot, center-console boat features a 170 kW electric motor, a top speed of 30 knots ...

The UIM record for absolute top speed by an electric-powered boat is 98.81 mph, set in 2008 by Mike Bontoft in a tiny three-point hydro outboard on Devil’s Lake in Lincoln City, Ore. At the time UIM ...

LAS VEGAS - Flying cars and self-driving vehicles always get attention at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas, but this year electric recreational boats are making bigger waves. Swedish company ...

People walk by a Mercury V12 600 HP gas boat motor at the Brunswick booth during the CES tech show Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) ...