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It’s that time again, time for ‘The Gussies’ - officially The Gustave Trouvé Awards for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating. This is the 6th Awards and Nominations are now open.
New this year is the category for electric Personal Watercraft, e-Foils, e-Boards, Water Scooters and other Water Toys.
Anyone can nominate a boat - the full rules can be found on the Nominations Page of Plugboats (see the link in the newsletter item below.)
A big THANK YOU to the presenting sponsors that make the 2025 Gussies possible: EPTechnologies and Nautical Ventures. EPTechnologies is a complete marine propulsion provider for electric and hybrid vessels from small boats to luxury superyachts. Nautical Ventures is one of the most prominent marine retailers in North America, with an award-winning dealership network recognized for its scale and service. Thank you for your support.
In other electric boats and boating news:
Meet the MODX 70 – a luxury electric catamaran that runs on nothing but wind, waves and sun
Check out how Flux Marine outboards and Highfield RIBs are moving electric boats closer to mainstream with a new rigging partnership
See what dynamic high performance electric outboard manufacturer ExploMar has been up to this summer - winning races, outfitting a whale-watching boat and more
Meet the next-gen electric jetski from market leader Taiga and
Congratulate the winners of the Innovation Route Awards at the Cannes Yachting Festival
Looking forward to the nominations for The Gussies coming in - there are some amazing electric boats out there that you’ll be able to start seeing in the next few days.
Thanks for your support of Plugboats and I hope you enjoy this newsletter.
Jeff Butler,
Editor / Publisher
Plugboats.com
AWARDS | THE GUSSIES
Anyone can nominate a boat in any of the 10 categories, including boatyards and manufacturers, motor manufacturers, naval architects, designers, members of the public… Full rules and Nominations Form are on the Nomination Page.
SAILBOATS | WINGSAILS | SOLAR
Winner of an Innovation Route Award at the 2025 Cannes Yachting Festival and a 2025 Multihull of the Year Award, the MODX70 electric catamaran is picking up praise as a handsome luxury yacht that can sail literally forever without emitting a single molecule of carbon dioxide or any other pollutant.
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OUTBOARDS | RIBS | PRODUCTION
Highfield Boats and Flux Marine electric motors have announced a new rigging partnership that will put electric motors into the production schedule of a major boat manufacturer and get electric motors onto the sterns of the world leader in aluminum rigid inflatable boats (RIBs).
OUTBOARDS | BATTERIES | CHARGING | COMMERCIAL
High power electric outboard motor manufacturer ExploMar is riding high after a stretch of race victories, technology leaps and new partnerships in the electric boating world:
At the Venice Boat Show in June they debuted their Super Island Battery Platform that enables a range of 200km (MI NM)
At July’s Monaco Energy Boat Challenge they triumphed over some stiff competition to win the 16 Nautical Mile Race
In early August they announced that they would be the latest high powered electric outboard able to plug into the expanding Aqua superPower Network of high speed DC chargers and
September saw the Portugal launch of a Tideman Boats all-electric whale-watcher with ExploMar motors
JETSKIS | BATTERIES | CHARGING
Taiga, The world’s leading electric jetski maker, has expanded their ‘Orca’ line up with the unveiling of the next-generation WX3 model featuring a slew of advances, both inside and out.
Inside, there is the high efficiency battery technology the company recently announced, along with high speed charging capabilities. In a first for the segment the WX3 also has bi-directional charging do your waterbike can double up as a ‘floating battery’.
AWARDS | SAILBOATS | LEISURE BOATS | YACHTS | PROPULSION
Launched last year (2024), at the Cannes Yachting Festival, the Innovation Route showcases the boating and yachting world’s latest initiatives in technology geared towards sustainability and ecological transition. This year the Festival took things a step further by creating the Innovation Route Awards to recognize the most promising projects among the 40 selected for the Route. Those 40 were in turn distilled from 120 submissions and the Award-winning entries are truly the cream of the crop, selected by a Jury of 6 industry experts:
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