Evoy just launched its new Storm 300+hp electric outboard at the Cannes Yachting Festival; it’s the most powerful electric outboard in the world.
Evoy, a Norwegian company, also announced that it’s formed partnerships with three boat builders, in a major move forward in the drive to replace fossil-fuel motors with electric motors that are quiet and produce no fumes or emissions.
The market leader for high-performance electric motors, Evoy now makes inboard and outboard electric motors from 120-hp to 400-hp for recreational and commercial vessels. The Evoy 300+hp offers 225kW of continuous power, it weighs just 363 pounds, and it’s low maintenance. It works with external lithium-ion batteries to provide a variety of running times and ranges for each boat; Evoy makes 60-, 120-, and 180-kWh battery packs.
One of its new partnerships is with Axopar, the creative builder from Finland. A prototype of the Evoy 300-hp electric outboard was on an Axopar 25 at Cannes (see picture at top). With that power, the Axopar has a range of 25 nm at a cruising speed of about 25 knots.
“Axopar is excited to join forces with innovators that challenge the status quo of the industry” said Jan-Erik Viitala, founding partner of Axopar. “Our partnership with Evoy is a perfect example of two great companies on a joint mission to expand the boating community and offer new ways of mobility for the future.”
Evoy also has a new partnership with Iguana Yachts, the French builder of amphibious craft. Iguana says this is the first fully electric amphibious and foiling boat. Iguana says the combination of the Evoy 300+hp electric outboard and the Iguana’s retractable foils will reduce energy consumption by 50 percent.
Evoy also announced another new partnership with Goldfish, a Norwegian builder where the new Goldfish 43 Ocean will be powered by twin Evoy 400-hp Hurricane electric inboards. Those motors have 300kW of continuous power and up to 800-hp peak power. They are designed for boats that run for 1,000 hours a year, and they can be connected to stern drive, water jet or straight shaft systems. Read more:
