California startup makes waves with electric boat for water sports

[@chuckles3265]

Uh, any word on capacity and performance specs? I got that it's really fun and lasts all day but is that an 8 hour day or a 24 hour day? Whats the cruising speed? What's battery life at cruising speed? What's top speed? Leaving out these details makes it seem like it has something to hide.

[@RhombusOfTheJ]

They have a website you can look it up man

[@chuckles3265]

@@RhombusOfTheJ can't you just tell me since you've already been there?

[@TankDerek]

​@@chuckles3265 If you google Arc Boats they're the first website that pops up. Their sport craft has a 226 kWh battery, which is about double the size of an electric SUV. But sportsboats use about twice as much energy as cars do to travel the same distance, so the net travel distance is probably about the same, ~250 miles.

[@gazjaz2010]

how lazy can you get?

[@chuckles3265]

@@gazjaz2010 is that a challenge?

[@TheGiggleMasterP]

What if it sinks and there's a shark?

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

In a lake? That's a great question.

[@1234crevis]

Trump the dump said this hahahaha

[@thesaltynoodle5749]

What if a regular boat sinks and theres a shark

[@andrewweaver2517]

Boom, folks. No more sharks, and I'll tell yah the smell, folks. The smell is going to be the worst, quite possibly, they say, the most bad thing anyone has ever smelled. Possibly ever.

[@ajtoofer]

only $325k

[@chriswendschlag1856]

Does the battery catch fire in water like Tesla's?

[@justinmas299]

If you get stranded at sea just break out the solar panel and fish for a few days.

[@crowpvpgod4537]

I like the idea a lot but I looked it up and it says 3-5 hours a day. Going to need more than that.

[@danjohnston9037]

If it uses the new tip-less propeller it might get more battery life

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

36 minutes of full power operation, then you're dead in the water... for more than a quarter of a million dollars.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

@@daltonvanhorn5167 what planet are you from?

[@ColinPoole]

Don't ask common-man questions about this boat. This isn't the common man's boat. This is the boat we want to get the early adopters excited about - their sales will fund the research that turns the future models into common man's boats. Models that can go for days on one charge. Models with a superior top speed. It's not an if, it's just a when, and the when comes faster if the companies prosper.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

They don't perform as well as ICE boats.

[@chriswendschlag1856]

Dont ask common questions?

[@darrylhubbard931]

Water and electricity, what could possibly go wrong.

[@RhombusOfTheJ]

All boats have batteries

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

​@@RhombusOfTheJ They have low voltage batteries.

[@hello-lb3vf]

It would be really cool to have solar panels on the roof!

[@MISTERLeSkid]

All day? 30-40 minutes before you're dead in the water isn't 'all day'.

[@miakmo59]

🙄🙄

[@allent208-kf4hv]

No! No! No! No!

[@susanb4816]

Cannot wait for all combustion stinking noisy engines to go away, especially on the water

[@chriswendschlag1856]

You gonna hear that electric boat coming at you at full speed?

[@derekconstantino7759]

Tell me you aren't a water person without telling me you aren't a water person

[@susanb4816]

@@derekconstantino7759 i moved to the country because i thought it was quiet and the air was clean. Nope and nope

[@ramstrong1961]

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