Usage of e-boats on inland waters (part II)

In the first part of our writing, we talked about the cheaper pricing of the components and about zero emission.

Beside all these the spreading of electric boats increased by the inland waters regulation. The "Hungarian sea", Lake Balaton is a good example for this as the use of the boats equipped with internal combustion engines are forbidden. Due to this restriction even those who do not want to practice this excellent sport have to use sailing boats. Many people find it difficult to handle a sailboat, as they just want to swim in the middle of the lake to get away from the crowded beaches. For this purpose, an electric powered boat gives the solution. By pressing the control lever, you can simply sail out to the open water and even in calm or stormy conditions you can easily go back to the port in a short time.

What is the situation in Europe? The European trend is the same as the direction of the Lake Balaton regulation. The number of the inland waters around the Alps where boats with internal combustion engines are completely banned or strictly regulated is increasing year by year. 

There are green zones on some of the tarns in Switzerland, Austria and Germany, where internal combustion engines are undesirable. Norway has a key role in e-mobility's spread and its trend is also detectable in the shipping sector. With the appearance of electric shipbuilding companies locally or in neighboring countries, the demand for electric propulsion vehicles has also increased. 

Rightly raising the question of what kind of maintenance does an electric boat need? Of course, the required maintenance of the hull and the sterndrive does not change after an electric powertrain installation. We can say that - as in the automotive world - the electric powertrain requires less maintenance due to the small number of moving parts. Nothing else is needed yearly apart from an electric shock protection and a quick system check. Due to the small amount of use of the batteries and low number of charging cycles their lifespan is much longer compared to electric car usage. An average client spends 10 weekends with cruising per season, which means 30 charges per year if we calculate with 1 charge per day.