All-electric boats are making their way into the boating industry of Southern California. NBC News’ Gadi Schwartz spoke with Arc Boats’ Mitch Lee about how electric boats are impacting the industry.
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All it needs now is a Wannabe-White-Guy-Mexican-Dude in a Huge White Pickup Truck version of a Gas-Powered Boat chasing you out of jealousy & rage!
4 hours? LOLOL. No thanks. Useless.
54-year-old worked on boats when i was younger. I think this is an amazing push forward, however i still would have an emergency 2 stroke as backup.
Electric motors dont FAIL , have 1 million mile motors.
battery last 300,000 miles .
@@markplott4820 still wouldn’t trust you or anyone else, backup is safe.
@@Rob-i9k – Submarines are 100% Electric , ZERO issues since 1930.
@@markplott4820 Do you hear yourself? Commercial vrs. Consumer products and are you sure they do not have backup diesel engines in subs.
@@markplott4820Electric with diesel generator
Trup will put heavy tax on this boat
And give this money for drill baby drill
You realize it’s American made right? Do you also know that we’ve been producing more oil than ever before? 😂
These boats really need to foil if they are to be truly efficient. Pushing a boat through water is an energy intensive thing.
The purpose of a wake boat is to create a wake to surf behind
The Arc Sport is built for wake sports, where water displacement creates the perfect wave—a hydrofoil wouldn’t work for this purpose. We appreciate the suggestion! While efficiency is key, Arc Sport is designed to cruise sustainably for over 24 hours at lower speeds and supports 4-6 hours of active use, including towing.
My friend and I were out Sunday towing a foil behind his boat while the ARC boat was there. Great job! So quiet and powerful, and it makes an amazing wake. We even tried to tow into the ARC boats wake after chatting up the driver briefly. Best of luck, Electric is the future.
Vision Marine Technologies has set multiple electric boat speed records, including: 109 miles per hour at the 2022 Lake of the Ozarks Shootout..
What? Green luxury?
I bet some clever AI could combine siphon/ pressure technology to redesign the way boats work.
bro 4-6 hours??? like unless ur launching from ur house dock… ur not using this for very long. more chances than not ppl are gonna be stranded out in the water. like ppl going out on the water are going out for almost the entire day. fishing, parties, etc. like maybe u can plan to go somewhere and anchor off but still ur not gonna be having a whole lot of fun like whats shown for very long…. hopefully they have a solar panel on top to help with some recharge
Our boats are built to support a full day on the water! The Arc Sport is designed for efficiency—offering over 24 hours of sustainable cruising at lower speeds and supporting 4-6 hours of active usage, which typically includes high-energy activities like towing for water sports.
coast guards better invest in some diesel genarators….
That’s so stupid
Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t make it stupid. They’re stacking up deposits from people that want the boat. A lot of their demo events get sold out because of demand.
science is hard
EV boats are too heavy & sink then you get electrocuted if you don’t get eaten by sharks first!!
will be half the price in 10 years
Starboat!
These guys that are saying they could get the same boat and a gas version for $50K are crazy. You can get gas ski boats $300,000 that are 17 feet long.
A similar gas wake boat starts at 150k up to 300k were are you even getting your pricing.
When the top wake boat manufacturer try’s , it and quits it show that it doesn’t work!!! Two hours of actual use with hours of charge time. Notice they don’t talk about how long you can use it while actually surfing or wakeboarding! Buy a gas boat that’s better they do everything better than this boat
pollute better too!
$300,000 💰 thats a lot of mula
Biden one day will get the credit he deserves
Yes selling a ;dream ; the problem only the salesmen believe in its future;
2 strokes dripping oil ffs when you have no idea what you are talking about; do a lot of research
air pollution?
Fish won’t see this coming! Lol
I can’t afford one, but I am as excited about electric boats as the old angry bootlickers on the boat forums seem to be triggered by them.
China sells them for a quarter of this price. It’s the reason elon was so desperate to have trump win the election. The Chinese electric car would put tesla out of business if they were allowed to sell in America. Cheaper, better looking and more advanced. No competition
vroom rumble rumble = manliness?
They have a valid arguments. The inputs used to mine the minerals needed for batteries have no pollution controls, leaks highly toxic minerals into the water, heavy minerals are transported by truck and rail, powered by a grid that still burns coal as its main source of energy, we do not have a suitable program for recycling batteries, and lack the laws and regulations preventing electric vehicles from being parked to rot and leak chemicals into the ground/water.
Look up the data yourself, otherwise you’re the bootlicker.
but what will happen if your boat is sinking and a shark is coming at you?
Same thing that would happen if your gas powered boat was sinking.
I’m beginning to think all these shark posts are jokes. 😊
250 k for a 20 foot boat hahahahaha
What if there’s a shark in the water and water is getting on top of the battery? Do you choose the shark or to be electrified?
When they sink, we have huge batteries rotting on the ocean floor.
I know this is going to sound crazy but they designed the boat to float 😮
@757entrepreneur Wasn’t the Titanic designed to float?
The future is electric. All transportation will be electric. What’s not the future is the current battery and charging systems. But scientists and engineers will work it out. Like Sony did when they asked battery companies to make a rechargeable battery, and no one could create one, so they did it themselves, the Lithium Ion battery. So, if you think this is stupid, the horse and carriage people felt just like you about internal combustion engine cars; the person listening to vinyl also felt the same way about 8 tracks and music tapes. People who were into flip phones also thought that smartphones were stupid. It’s okay; the future cares about your point of view as much as current kids care about rotary telephones and telegraphs.
Powerful, fast, strong boats! American built 💪
Hybrid motors, the answer is always hybrid. Electric is only energy efficient when paired with preexisting momentum, ie small amounts of combustion. Hybrid will be significantly quieter too
The answer will always depend on the use case. Not every vehicle has to fit every possible use case.
If the trips are short and the charging is plentiful and fast, there’s no need to drag around an unused gasoline engine. (think jet skis, launches, small power boats….)
They also have toasters you can use in your tub
😅😅
You’re aware we have nuclear vessels in the water too, right?
@@bmwlover56 are you aware that I was making a joke?
better watch out for those sharks though! fdt
Nope
250k for a four hour ride. Yeah definitely nope.
But what happens when your boat is sinking and there are sharks surrounding you?
“Battery electrocution or sharks?” Where did I hear that one?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Probably some mentally ill vagrant shouted it on the street?
Lithium batteries dont do well in salt water. Yeah, theyre sealed, but made in China.
My big question is how difficult would it be to design a turbine that helps regenerate a battery while in the water? Are they simply not effective at creating energy?
Turbines like that already exist and are used extensively on sailboats sailing around the world. While they have some reliability problems sometimes, they generally work great! The problem with using them on a motorboat is that they are not “free” energy and that you wouldn’t be able to improve the efficiency of the boat. Basically, they create some drag in the water, which increases how much power the motor needs, and the physically cannot generate more power than the drag costs. So it would in the end just create a less efficient boat
So great how quiet it is
🤮🤮
I think it makes a lot of sense, too expensive though. Would be extremely popular if they got it to the same price as a model 3
You have a choice! Jump in the water and risk being eaten by a shark or electrocution?!?!
electric and on the water yup
GAS IS ILLEGAL IN COMIEFORNIA
trump loves you
Electric Boats Yes , please add these to the pristine fresh water lakes in Montana , Gas oil grease are not fresh water friendly at all ,
so if the boat sinks, do you chose electrocution, shark attack or trump nonsense?
what if there’s an electric eel?
Yeah, electricity and water. What could go wrong.
Yeah I would rather be on a burning petrol boat….I think?
trump warned you about sharks
Cool and all, but I wonder how it’ll fare for longer distances and choppy weather. Also, fires on boats aren’t fun and having a lithium battery is gonna make it worse.
No more going through the gas station pumps and paying 300 dollar fill ups, yearly maintnece… this is great, hopefully they can compete with price though. Still love my centurion.
What happened when the boat sink? does the battery will eventually poison the water in the lake?
I’m not an electric fanboy but to play devils advocate to your question, do gas powered boats produce no pollution when they sink?
Assuming the owner doesn’t want to try to recover their quarter of a million investment, and doesn’t report the incident to the authorities, any battery in an unrecovered vessel would have to be exposed to water to start any sort of reaction. Assuming it was a violent (very serious crash) sinking and the battery protection is somehow compromised, the result would be thus:
Effervescence: Lithium reacts with water, producing hydrogen gas, which bubbles out of the solution. The reaction is exothermic, which means it releases heat.
Formation of a Basic Solution: The reaction between lithium and water produces lithium hydroxide (LiOH) and hydrogen gas (H2). LiOH is a strong base that dissolves in water, forming a basic solution. The basic nature of the solution can be confirmed using pH indicator paper, which will show a shift towards the basic side of the pH scale.
Ironically it’s above water (cars) where it’s more of an issue. Lithium salts are actually naturally found in the ocean – there’s just no financially viable method right now to extract it for batteries, but scientists are trying….
@@dwee420 Formation of Dangerous Gases: When lithium-ion batteries come into contact with water, particularly saltwater, a chemical reaction occurs that produces hydrogen and chlorine gases. These gases are highly flammable and pose a significant risk of explosion, especially in confined or poorly ventilated spaces.
@@GoBrand0nwatch out for sharks
Love this! Be worth adding a diesel generator as a back up for the batteries as well as solar panels.
California sucks they can’t even buy gas pressure washers.
blah blah
I see that guy doing donuts on my daily walks all the time
I do appreciate this technology flowing downstream from the auto industry to boating
Wait till they install aero foil
OMG, the supidest idea gen z has ever come up with🤦🏻♀️☠️😳
250k for a boat that last 4 hours
They need to use salt batteries like some cars do so they don’t sink lithium into the ocean. 250k is way too much.
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Great idea lithium batteries in the water. i cant think of anything that could go wrong.
battery n water what can possibly gon wrong
Why would the battery be in the water?
Yeah, but what if the boat sinks and you have to decide between being electrocuted or jumping into a shark’s mouth? Huh? What then?
if you’re electrocuted, you will be in the sharks mouth anyway
I’m creating boat next like this
How about just an electric wakeboard.
been done
Why are batteries not swappable?
no need, last a long time
Good
It’s crazy that I don’t mind the quietness of a EV car but on a boat I just think it’s very strange for it to be too quiet.
better for fishing?
Sea-Vs
Thanks Google!
Formation of Dangerous Gases: When lithium-ion batteries come into contact with water, particularly saltwater, a chemical reaction occurs that produces hydrogen and chlorine gases. These gases are highly flammable and pose a significant risk of explosion, especially in confined or poorly ventilated spaces.
gasoline: formation of kaboom 🙄
Good luck with battery boats…. Its not a supply chain issue, its a logistics challenge. You would never be able to an electric boat out into open oceans or places like Catalina.
bay or lake boat
250 thousand what😮😢😂😂😅😊🐈⬛$$
Um… lithium, water… dumb idea
Teeth.
Semiconductors and saltwater, what could possibly go wrong….
boats have no electrical systems?
Very cool!
I like it.. just needs “riders style”!!!!
Need more reporters like this
If I was in shark infested water I don’t know what would be worse getting electrocuted by my boat or eaten by sharks
did trump tell u that?
Instead of loudly old engines, silent electric engines does not harm the feeling of nature and freedom. Way more peaceful feeling. Go electric.
some think noisy is more manly
250K for a boat that can only go for 4-6 hrs lol.
Jesus but what if you had to choose between a shark and a sinking battery?
touch screens….. facepalm
Lithium batteries and saltwater, yikes
and sharks, oh my!
California 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 innovates!!!!
For the 1%
This is great for the rare guy that has a lakefront property or marina with power and doesn’t go to different lakes or do long days. So a pretty niche market
but better for that niche and our air
Until the battery dies 😂
what a great way to add to global warming issues
learn science
Wait till China enter the chat…
California does love buying energy from China, so this does make a lot of sense.
haha, what?
1:36 I think in a couple of years this guy will be smiling like CEO Rivian or Fisker.
? fisker is gone
Nice application. Boats have limited usability in terms of range needed and this is much quieter and have no smoke
For the first minute I thought it was Mario Lopez doing the segment
We need Tesla airplanes.
Electrification being environmentally friendly is a scam. I would love to see journalists peel back the layers and show people the truth about how harmful these actually are for the environment.
Good. I can’t stand seeing oil and gasoline in the water.
Great idea
Boat fire will be epic with those batteries.
Ink why an EV boat ever crossed my mind. That makes a lot of sense. Id rather see more EV boats that EV cars
250k 😂😂😂😂😂
wake boats aren’t that loud.. Most of the noise is from water and wind.. 4 hours isn’t enough battery.. How long does it take to charge on your lift, how is it done? How much are they? Nautique made an electric boat for a few years.. they killed it after selling almost none.
Stupid
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