Electric Outboard | Mercury Avator 7.5e on the water

[@8180634]

The natural comparison will be to Torqeedo as they have been at this for a while. Good to see other big companies getting into this. For anyone who has lived through several leaps in battery technology, just think about the difference in cordless tools from the old Lead Acid or NiCd days, to modern Lithium batteries. Now imagine the next leap or two past Lithium. We're not that far from batteries that can compete with a full tank of gas for range. This one would be fantastic for fresh water fishing on a small boat. Sometimes we take only a trolling motor if we're not going more than a couple miles from where we drop the boat in. This would be a nice step up over the trolling motor.

[@davidfernandez367]

Looks like it may be a nice quiet lake fishing motor

[@Z-Bart]

That motor on a 13' Veer could be my next boat purchase.

[@phillycheesetake]

Calling a 750w motor a "7.5" might mislead people into believing it's 7.5hp equivalent. I actually clicked on this video under that misconception. Anyway, proprietary battery, so it's a non-starter with me. I'm sure it fits some people's needs.

[@SIBXCDA]

I thought the same thing.

[@calvinb1461]

i thought this can use as the kicker if it has 7.5hp

[@Ds-xi2sq]

this feels like a 3.5 hp motor...thank you....

[@jstefa2]

@@Ds-xi2sq more like a 2hp.

[@jws7215]

@@jstefa2 it’s almost exactly 1hp

[@pugsbella]

curious of the performance in colder weather, but match with a jackery or ecoflow with solar panel perfect weekend camping.

[@tptoddy]

When something is new it will cost more. How much did flat screen tvs cost when they started.

[@ronfrost7160]

We've grown up with hp as a benchmark, these nerds introduce a new concept with a power output number that makes no sense to anyone but themselves. An immediate hp comparison would make things SO much easier!

[@crazykincardineite]

Except that the standard international unit for “power” is watts or kilowatts. Not horsepower. Especially when you’re speaking in terms of electrical power. One horsepower is roughly 750 watts however in terms of “work done” a one horsepower electric motor will do much more than a one horsepower gas engine. So there is really no “immediate horsepower comparison” to be made. Hopefully that simplifies it for you.

[@ryantullyfishing5083]

I think there are some cool things about engines like that but I could see someone having a safety issue say if they were heading in to a strong sea trying to keep their front up then running out of battery, but I guess you would get to know the capacity a little better after owning it for a while.

[@timorum]

no different then petrol, allow 1/3 to get to were your going 1/3 to get home and 1/3 spare.

[@christopherfoster4401]

More than one battery and solar panel solar powered Is charger

[@danh8751]

Not an engine. Its an electric motor

[@LeoSavantt]

@@danh8751 It most certainly is an engine as it "is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy".

[@luimackjohnson302]

Superb! Thank you for sharing this video. I own few ice Mercury & I welcome this new electric outboard motor! What's the catch cry now? I say we use "Let's electrify the water!" Greetings from Kambaramba villages, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea!

[@KurtQuad]

What would be interesting is if they could implement power limits so you could set max throttle at say 100/75/50/25% so you can guarantee a certain range. It's all electronic so this seems like something easy to implement.

[@FishingMonthly]

I'm sure this is able to be done in a software update if there's a demand.

[@NoNopeAndNo]

Nothing is guaranteed, also much depends on conditions, weight, etc. However, a setting as you suggest would still be a positive move

[@4wheelliving132]

I'm eager to see the bigger electric outboards that would be comparable to a 40 or 50 hp 4 stroke. I live in southern Michigan and lakes and pontoon boats are everywhere around here and to have an electric motor on a pontoon with a solar charger would be so nice to have. Very few lakes have a gas pump on them and filling your tank with cans sucks

[@pauloarinto8139]

ELCO has up to 50Hp but overall price....is too hight.

[@eduardosanchez7827]

There is no way to charge anything remotely close to an outboard motor with solar panels. Your would require like 2 days to charge half the battery using solar panels

[@williamhedrick1001]

My 05 300x gets me back and forth just fine

[@max_rove]

no one asked

[@williamhedrick1001]

@@max_rove aww i made him a little pissy huh

[@tonybaker1295]

So how much should one charge the owner of one of these when I tow them back to the ramp?

[@iand2206]

240..... volts

[@johnpeters4214]

The same as any boat that runs out of fuel.

[@Rexy888]

I hope this technology develops ito the larger displacement motors save fuel mate big cost these days.

[@givemeabreakdoc]

@@Rexy888 $5700 for this v $1100 for a 3.5hp Mercury gas engine. $$4600 is a LOT of gas.

[@thediplomasta5891]

​@Bill Hamblin and from there, if you do the math, you'll see that the elec never pays for itself. As it gets close to doing so, oops, time for a new $2k battery. 🥴

[@chrisnegele6875]

A sailboat tender is the target market for this. Gas or Petrol is not always easily available and cannot be made while at anchor, while electricity can be with solar or wind. The other positive is electric motors are very reliable and simple. Can't say that about small petrol engines living in poor environmental conditions. Another plus is the lack of noise my guess is it will be like an electric car once you have one you can't ever imagine not driving an electric car. this discussion reminds me of electric car comments 5 or 6 years ago.

[@igotatan1]

At what price is it more viable? How much oil and materials are used, that need fossil fuels to attain them? I can see short term value in certain niche conditions.

[@antonywardle]

Looks like a good engine.

[@harpomarx7777]

It's a "motor", not an engine.

[@matthewpetersen4306]

The 20 model looks like the one to get if it has longer range

[@сергейсвизев-ф9я]

Good job 👍

[@AustinHight-b3r]

1977 Johnson 9.9 will out run this motor for another 30 years

[@JGilbert529]

That’s not the point

[@insaneddy]

How available will suitable fuel be for the 77 in a couple decades.

[@Ian-gf8id]

I think a lot of people will find the nomenclature to be very misleading. It can't be a coincidence that Mercury has adopted an x.x nomenclature rather than xxx. I bet a lot of potential buyers will look at the size and weight and assume that they are buying a 7.5hp equivalent ePropulsion unit which, of course, they aren't.

[@nicholasalbarado4810]

Pretty cool technology but I definitely don’t think it’s there yet to put on any boat of mine

[@miketee2444]

Knowing Merc., You could not bother shopping around and just by this if electric is how you want to go. Bring your ear plugs if you don't like the scream of an old 2.5.

[@doo0T]

0:38 Either thats a really big lawn chair or Jim is as small as this outboard.

[@CityNDN]

That is cute there, buddy.

[@AlrightThanks]

By any chance is there a release date for this ?

[@FishingMonthly]

Mid 2023

[@needmoreboost6369]

So the 7.5 is only 1hp but it’ll have way larger power band and earlier torque than an i/c engine but for the price make your own! Even from radio controlled components that have huge power potential also for excellent run time lithium polymer batteries are cheap for the power density and amperage ability as well as the fun fire risks!

[@sharonbraselton4302]

w8rbg

[@ct1762]

no lol. its like a 3hp, but its so heavy a 3hp gas engine would smoke it. and its $5k USD. modern 4 stroke outboards are extremely quite, smoke-free and user friendly. there is no contest.

[@rickdorminy7984]

@@ct1762 It's super light weight. With a gas engine, you need gas (which weighs more). This motor is great for the aircat boat I have.

[@dannypierce3878]

Minkota 80lb thrust

[@twostevensinau]

I would never trust it. I typed a very comprehensive paragraph as to why it would never work in Melbourne but I deleted it as it's obvious. I think that little thing with 75W is best for a dingy off a yacht for yachties wanting to get to shore - that they could swim back to ....when the battery dies.

[@FishingMonthly]

The ship to shore market is what this motor is made for.

[@r.seaboats6666]

We need more small v boats noting to put it on......😊

[@deeeeeeps]

Now if your boat was made out of solar panels you might have something.

[@igotatan1]

Gas engines are still more effective than 'going green' IMO. Cut the cost to be around the price point of a 3.5hp...

[@theconfused_fisherman]

It makes no sense to most people that the 7.5e isnt 7.5hp, I came in thinking I was gonna see this boat ripping around with the instant torque from an electric motor

[@claywatt6168]

I'll stick to 4 stroke

[@ChannelX24]

Evaaa?

[@SIBXCDA]

The tech is improving, but you lost me @ 1 hour of run time and what converts to $3900 USD.

[@cangle37]

You just pop in a new battery.

[@SIBXCDA]

@@cangle37 Problem solved then, but how many batteries does the unit come with? I also wonder what the replacement cost is because they don't last indefinitely.

[@dankenstien420]

its pretty cool to see electric in outboards, but thats very expensive to for such minimal power

[@scottcox8559]

Battery technology is so far behind where we need it. The F150 lightning has a battery that weighs 1000kg and with 2.8t behind it, she only goes 160km. Imagine having 1000kg Battery in the bottom of your boat.

[@FishingMonthly]

The person who invents a better battery will be the first trillionaire

[@falcosparverius1]

@@FishingMonthly Hybrid systems with a super capacitor bank where the energy in still stored in a liquid/air fuel like a diesel electric drive train in unbeatable.

[@AAE-cg1il]

That’s fine for someone trying to get to shore from a sailboat…….but it’s a niche market. Not for the masses…..

[@josephborg6958]

cool idea but price vs power generated is not worth it.

[@Maximius38]

bulky, heavier, bigger, wider, 1K+ more expensive than competitor with less range and less warranty!! why do you think that people will buy such thing? because it looks cool?!!!

[@jeff5101]

750 watts = 1 hp

[@4pharaoh]

Thirty minutes ago I never even heard of Vision Marine Technologies. (Look ‘em up) Mercury looks like hobbyists just playing at making electric boat motors next to them. Mercury is so far behind it’s scary. (Has to be horrifying to stock holders)

[@robertm2172]

Hp500 till they say can’t

[@benjaminunderwood12]

Trolling motors go faster than that you've got to be kidding me so that motor is supposed to $6,000 with an option of a $1,600 battery absolutely ridiculous

[@kevinbates1544]

A 3500 dollar trolling motor...

[@MattMorris481]

Anyone who buys this for $6,000 plus the $1,600 battery they are part of the more money than brains club.

[@MrMrdave1966]

Target market- rich dudes who will pay somewhere around $7500 for a small motor and a spare battery.

[@tonybruno7848]

Fu#k electric outboards. Electric outboards will NEVER compare to gas powered outboards.

[@dancaptain2055]

Not in a million years they won’t. Great comment

[@hntrains2]

They said the same thing about gas vehicles looking at them from up on the back of their horses.

[@tonybruno7848]

yeah, but gas vehicles weren't government induced. @@hntrains2

[@tw1536]

How many barefoot Congolese does it take to mine the Colbalt needed for the batteries… of course I’m asking this question using my IPhone 😮

[@robboot2801]

Most EVs sold in Australia don't have cobalt anymore. They use Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries. It's probably these outboards can/will use the same. 👍

[@ct1762]

@@robboot2801 lithium is just as bad as the 5 other rare earth's needed to build a battery. once people start to buy these things in huge numbers, its going to be an environmental NIGHTMARE and people might finally wake up. nothing green about it. biofuel research for 1/10th the cost is the way to go.

[@cangle37]

​@Rob Boot shh they have to have a reason to hate electric

[@nathanmiller9340]

You see teslas catch fire in floods? This is a bad idea... Too close to water

[@tommy12345abc]

go ahead and show me a Tesla in flood that catches fire; the batteries are watertight and in-fact you should be able to find plenty of examples where you see floating Teslas using wheels as propellers. They won't do this indefinitely and will eventually sink but to push through deeper water where you lose traction - it'll do as a boat and survive. Try that with a combustion engine and then let me know what happens to one if you manage to flood it with water (hint: it'll be destroyed).

[@adrian3373]

So you need a gas/diesel generator on-board to charge the battery if you don't want to be stuck in the middle of the sea/ocean...Great idea let's pollute even more 😉

[@FishingMonthly]

... or maybe just a spare battery?

[@adrian3373]

​@@FishingMonthly I wish that would solve the problem. I own a sailboat and made the mistake going electric. Not enough solar and the 3.2kw lithium bank battery isn't near enough, I ended up buying a gas generator to charge the batteries. At first I was super excited but I realized the batteries need new tech and I keep waiting and hoping it will come soon. I love the electric motor but the batteries aren't there yet.

[@sailingspark9748]

@@adrian3373 it depends on use. I have an epropulsion on my small Montgomery 17 sailboat. I have only ever needed to use it to get to and from the dock and in the few areas where sailing is not allowed. As a sailor, I have no issues running a 1/4 throttle for hours at a time, it's not much faster or slower than sailing.

[@8180634]

If you're in the middle of the ocean with this motor, lets assume you're on a sailboat (or in big big trouble if you're in a small boat). Most sailboats have windmills and/or solar panels. So really for a dingy on a sailing vessel, used to get back and forth to shore, I could see this being more ideal than a gas motor. Also there are a LOT of freshwater boats. When we fish in fresh sometimes we bring only the trolling motor if we're not going more than a couple miles from the launch, it's sooo much nicer to fish with electric than gas. This would be a great replacement for a big trolling motor for electric-only fishing.

[@zweasel]

There is better technology than this! We live in 2023 and this is the best we can get?

[@FishingMonthly]

Gap in the market for you to fill!

[@kikehid6359]

Jajjaja no le estén jugando al vergas con sus cosas eléctricas ... que no es lo mismo que un chingado carro se te quede en carretera por falta de batería...que una embarcación en altamar ....

[@JR-ut1yx]

😅

[@ct1762]

still quite heavy and who wants to be tied to a charging port when on the water? makes zero sense, and for $5k USD you can buy 2 15hp Tohatsu EFI's. smooth, silent and way more power for the same weight. did i mention you can buy 2? with 3 year warranty? a 6hp... double the power, is like 1/3 the cost. electric outboards will always remain toys on the water, especially higher HP ones. horrible power density even with the best batteries.

[@cangle37]

You can change the battery in 5 seconds

[@ct1762]

@@cangle37 thats not the issue. i explained them in my comment. btw 60% of electricity comes from coal. useless.

[@johnzillah]

Just get a sail. Looks slow, expensive and not worth the hassle.

[@harpomarx7777]

I wanted to hear it run. You didn't deliver. Thumb DOWN.

[@FishingMonthly]

It’s running the whole time.

[@ExploringwithSebass]

Suzuki and Yamaha are my pic merc is nice but not for me haha

[@rodgerfisher3733]

More electric junk that will fail like the cars and trucks, I will stick with my battery operated chainsaw, weed eater and tools

[@revo9928]

Not logical for a day on the bay

[@FishingMonthly]

Not designed for a day on the bay. Same capacity and performance as a 3.5hp with a full fuel tank.

[@Black-March]

To anyone considering buying this, just know that it's shit. It's way heavier than the competition making it far more difficult to carry, it's also way more expensive than the competition with no real advantages. ePropulsion Spirit 1.0 Plus or Torqeedo 1103C both beat this thing at a far lower price. Only place this wins is in terms of design, it's real pretty, but that's the only thing it has going for it.

[@TroutFink]

Lies!!

[@l.siestador7248]

And the price was hinted at in the beginning but not mentioned again. This thing going to be expensive. I'm guessing $2,500-$3000 American. I'm interested only if they can make it far better than my 50 lb thrust machete prop where I can add batteries bought from the store. If it's too proprietary, that's a big turnoff.

[@SouthJerseyBaitReviews]

lmao its gonna be way more the 3k this is a $5,000 motor easy cause. The torqeedo small electric outboards are about 2k or 3k and this seems to be a little more advanced or larger than those motors.

[@l.siestador7248]

@@SouthJerseyBaitReviews probably so.

[@FishingMonthly]

It’s in the supers. $5700AUD for a motor, battery and charger. This is between $3500 and $4000USD depending on exchange rate.

[@SouthJerseyBaitReviews]

@@FishingMonthly ahh I see not bad then could def see it being a good option for smaller Jon boats around in the us where electric only lakes exist.

[@FishingMonthly]

That’s the same market they will be used by here. Electric only lakes and tenders.