Existing high power electric outboards


While the Seabird 400X and FALCON were launched at this year’s METS, there were also other high-power outboards to be seen. As recently as two years ago there were really only two players who had electric outboards with output of more than 75 kW (100 hp): Norway’s Evoy and Canada’s Vision Marine Technology.


Vision Marine did not attend this year’s METS, but Evoy was there showing off their BREEZE 300+ HP model, with continuous power of 225 kW and peak power of 450


kW (300 and 600 hp). This is the motor that powers the Axopar AX/E 25, winner in the 2023 Gussies Electric Boat Awards.


Evoy was joined in the high power outboard arena by Explomar, who had a shared display at last year’s show, and ACEL Power, who were attending their first METS. Explomar displayed their WAVE 150+ (peak power of 150 kW / 200 hp) and a bit lower on the output scale, ACEL had their 75 hp (55 kW) unit on hand. We also need to mention Molabo’s 50 kW motor that uses safe-to-touch 48 volts to generate that power, as well as a teaser in the RAD Propulsion booth – a pink foam cutout with the words ‘RAD 120’ above it. Coming soon!


As I said, for me the two themes for the show were ‘high power’ and ‘new outboards’ Here are some other OBs that made their debut at METSTRADE 2024.


ZeroJet Electric Outboard (40 kw)


Rim Drive Technologies Entry Level and Steerable Outboard


The new 15 kW (25 hp) electric outboard from New Zealand’s ZeroJet is quite impressive. As their name suggests, ZeroJet’s flagship product is an electric motor for jet drives, which is available on boats from a number of manufacturers, including OC Tenders, Spark, Agilis and the Highfield EJET 330.


That motor technology has now been configured as an outboard which the company says delivers the highest power- to-weight electric outboard in existence, weighing only 38 kilograms (83 lbs). It also operates on safe-to-touch 48 volt architecture. One of the challenges of obtaining high power output from a small motor is how to dissipate the heat of the rapidly spinning rotor. ZeroJet has done this with a closed loop cooling path that includes a special heat dissipating construction of the cavitation plate above the propeller.


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A rim drive motor is one in which the propeller blades are not attached to a central axle, but instead are fixed to the outer rim of a cylinder. Rim Drive Technology is the leader in these types of motors and, until now, has only had them available as pod drives and bow thrusters. At METS they launched their first outboard setups, the Entry Level Outboard and Steerable Outboard.


The Entry Level is an adaptation of their standard pod, adding a shaft, encompassing column, tiller and trim/tilt bracket with five positions to achieve the most efficient propulsion. The Entry Level comes in five power ratings: kiloWatts: 3, 4.2, 5, 11 (hp equivalents: 4, 6, 7, 15).


The Steerable Outboard is an adaptation of their steerable pod, essentially with all of the electric steering technology encompassed in a cowling that fixes to the transom of the boat instead of the middle of the hull. As with the FALCON, the lower unit revolves to steer the boat – a full 360º in this case. There are two power options: 11 and 15 kW *15 and 20 hp).


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