List of electric boats
The list of electric boats is arranged according to the year of construction and contains the most important technical data. Further information, if available, can be found in the articles.
Requirement of ships or boats in this table
This table takes into account ships and boats with an electric drive motor fed by solar modules or accumulators. Ships or boats that use fuels and energy conversion processes ( diesel engine , gas turbine , steam turbine , fuel cell ) to generate electricity to drive or charge the batteries are not listed.
| Surname | year | Manufacturer, operator | shipyard | Length (m) |
Width (m) |
Deep (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Cells | Capacity (kWh) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobi boat | 1839 | Moritz Hermann von Jacobi | 8th | 2 | 2 | 2.2 | 64 | 1 kW drive power | ||
| Electricity | 1882 | Anthony bar fence | Yarrow, London | 8th | 1.6 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 45 | ||
| Electra | 1886 | Siemens & Halske | Harburg Castle Shipyard | 11.5 | 2 | 7.5 | ||||
| Volta | 1886 | 12 | 2.1 | 61 | Electrical system by Anthony Reckenzaun | |||||
| Viscountess Bury | 1888 | Sargeant & Co. boat builder in Chiswick | 20th | 3 | 0.35 | 13 | 200 | Scrapped in 2005 | ||
| Electron (ex. Zurich ) | 1891 | Escher Wyss | 12 | 2.1 | 56 | 450 Ah | ||||
| watt | 1891 | AEG | 7.5 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 46 | 150 Ah | |||
| Elektra | 1891 | Lürssen | 2.2 kW drive power | |||||||
| Syndic Roloffs | 1895 | Warehouse society | C. Breuning | 11 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 5.5 | 96 | 4.5 kW drive power | |
| Adolph Mueller | 1896 | Accumulatorenfabrik AG | 15th | 2.7 | 1 | 5.9 | 80 | 13 kW drive power | ||
| Henri Tudor | 1896 | 12 | 2.7 | 1 | 5.9 | 50 | 5.5 kW drive power, mountains | |||
| Germania | 1897 | Germania shipyard | 19.5 | 2 | 5.9 | 90 | 45 kW drive power | |||
| Quai management | 1901 | Harburg Castle Shipyard | 12.4 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 200 | 8 kW drive power | |||
| Teltow | 1903 | Übigau shipyard | 17.5 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 3 × 14 kW drive power | ||||
| Accumulator | 1909 | Siemens-Schuckert | 12 | 2.15 | - | |||||
| Suncat 12 | 1994 | Institute for Solar Shipbuilding, Hameln | 3.7 | 1.5 | Rental boat in Berlin | |||||
| MobiCat | 2001 | Bielersee shipping company | 33 | 11.8 | 1.5 | 12 | 2 × 81 kW drive power, 180 m² collector area | |||
| Suncat 23 | 2005 | Solar Water World | 6.4 | 2.5 | 12 seater, rental boat in Berlin | |||||
| Tûranor PlanetSolar | 2010 | " Race for Water " Foundation | Knierim Yachtbau Kiel | 31 | 15th | 1.5 | 14th | 512 m² collector surface, 120 kW drive power. Since 2015 owned by the Swiss foundation “ Race for Water ”, which is committed to protecting water. Reconstruction and renamed Race for Water . | ||
| Ecoboot | 2012 | Gemeente Utrecht | Bocxe shipyard | 16.8 | 4.2 | 1 | 14th | 55 kW drive power | ||
| Maria Wörth | 2012 | Wörthersee shipping | 18.9 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 10 | Zebra batteries; 2 × 35 kW drive power | |||
| FährBär 1 to 4 | 2014 | White fleet in Stralsund | Formstaal, Stralsund | 18.5 | 5.22 | 0.6 | 6.3 | 45 | two drive motors with 10 kW each. There are 4 ferries that are used in Berlin. | |
| amp | 2015 | Norled | Fjellstrand, Alluship | 90 | 21st | 160 | 1000 | |||
| Elektra (ship, 2017) | 2017 | Finnlines | Crist | 98 | 15.2 | 1060 | 2 × 900 kW drive power | |||
| Suncat 120 | 2019 | Solar Cicle Line, Berlin | Kiebitzberg shipyard , Havelberg | 36.7 | 6.85 | 0.8 | 48 | 600 | 2 ships with 180 passengers each, 2 × 45 kW, costs around 2 million euros |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Time travel through Siemens history. siemens.com. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
- ↑ Solar ship SunCat 120- a solar boat for Berlin Accessed on 16/01/2020