A new fleet of all-electric ferries with massive battery packs is going into production

[Morgen]

[QUOTE]Several recent projects seem to indicate that maritime transport is well on its way to go electric and ferries are at the forefront.

The Havyard shipyard announced that it received a contract to build seven battery-powered ferries for Fjord1, Norwegian transport conglomerate.
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The news comes after the operators of the first all-electric ferry in Norway, the ‘Ampere’, reported some impressive statistics after operating the ship for over 2 years.

They claim that the all-electric ferry cuts emissions by 95% and costs by 80%.[/QUOTE]
[url]https://electrek.co/2018/03/05/all-electric-ferries-battery-packs/[/url]

[kylel999]

How much does going electric affect noise pollution? Is there more underwater noise from the engine or from cavitation?

[OvB]

Not certain but I'd imagine there would be less. Even large motors should be more quiet than diesel/fuel oil engines.

[editline]5th March 2018[/editline]

Cavitation I imagine is exactly the same.

[🅱️🅰️LLS. ➿]

I went on an electric yacht in NZ about a year ago it was pretty cool. It was even converted from a diesel engine. Hopefully these work pretty well

[spiritlol]

Oh my it's powered by a single battery. Now im imagining a cellphone battery expanding through the phonecase except its a ship.

[Zalador]

[QUOTE=spiritlol;53181332]Oh my it's powered by a single battery. Now im imagining a cellphone battery expanding through the phonecase except its a ship.[/QUOTE]

Thankfully ships aren't being designed to fit in your pocket

[OvB]

[QUOTE=Badballer;53180872]I went on an electric yacht in NZ about a year ago it was pretty cool. It was even converted from a diesel engine. Hopefully these work pretty well[/QUOTE]

Do you remember it's name or any other information?

[It's crispy]

[QUOTE=spiritlol;53181332]Oh my it's powered by a single battery. Now im imagining a cellphone battery expanding through the phonecase except its a ship.[/QUOTE]

good thing you thought of this, i'm sure they haven't accounted for it in the design

[Riller]

[QUOTE=Eric95;53185904]good thing you thought of this, i'm sure they haven't accounted for it in the design[/QUOTE]

Let's hope the designers read Facepunch so they're warned.