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Norwegian company Evoy was one of the first in the world to develop all electric boat motors with power ratings of 100 kilowatts and beyond. They now have lines of high powered outboards and inboard systems like the Breeze 120+ HP, Storm 330+ HP and Hurricane 400+ HP that are on the transoms and in the hulls of dozens of vessels from leading boat yards around the world.

I was able to chat with Leif out on the water in an Evoy propelled AX/E 25 at the Cannes Yachting Festival in September, and then back on land after the Metstrade boating trade show, where Evoy and sister companies Vita and Taiga had announced some exciting and groundbreaking battery news.

The link below leads to the podcast (no podcasting app required, it works in your browser), or for those who prefer to read, a transcription of the interview with Stavøstrand in which he talks about the past, present and future of electric boating.

Coming off an exciting second year where only nine points separated the top two teams after the season’s seven races, the 2026 E1 Electric Speedboat Championship Series kicked off in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with last year’s 4th place finisher overall leaping to an early top spot.

Fresh off the launch of the ePropulsion 2.0 electric outboard last November, the company has announced an addition to their E-Series of batteries. The new E-100 can to be used to add range to lower kiloWatt ePropulsion outboards and pod motors and also to power some of the company’s higher kilowatt motors.

Seeing pontoon-style boats as a big growth opportunity, Vision Marine Technologies has launched a new electric tritoon – the SPECTR – with the E-Motion 180E electric outboard, P Pontoon battery system and passive hydrofoiling for enhanced efficiency.

The 8th edition of the India Boat & Marine Show (IBMS) provides a great demonstration of the rise of electric propulsion in one of the world’s largest countries, where solar energy grew by almost 30 GigaWatts in 2025 to reach a total capacity of 135 gW throughout the nation.

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