Marine

Swedish e-boat maker Candela recently partnered with battery company Northvolt and charging station provider Plug for a long-distance challenge that saw the latest C-8 Polestar Powered prototype clock up 420 nautical miles over a 24-hour period.

Swedish electric boat builder X Shore has announced its third model, which is built on the same platform as the company's flagship Eelex 8000 but is aimed squarely at the professional maritime sector.

A UK team has revealed plans to build an incredibly ambitious underwater habitat named Sentinel. Assuming it goes ahead, it could revolutionize deep sea research by allowing scientists to live underwater for extended periods in relative comfort.

Cyrusher has been on a mission to offer "quality bikes made in China to international markets at great prices" since 2014. Now the company is riding into the electric watersports space with the Thunder electric surfboard.

Montreal's Taiga Motors has launched a new Performance version of its Orca electric Personal Water Craft, which boasts new hull, battery and propulsion technologies for clean and quiet fun on the water for under $20k.

The CEO and co-founder of Triton Submarines takes us through some highlight dives from an extraordinary career, from salvaging the "smoking gun" from the Challenger space shuttle, to filming with James Cameron, to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

It takes guts to start a company. It takes a lot more guts to start a company manufacturing cutting-edge private submarines. And as Triton's CEO and co-founder explains, it takes even more guts to slap down your money and become the first customer.

2023 is not a great year to be running a submarine company, but we caught up with Patrick Lahey, co-founder of Florida's Triton Submarines, for a three-part chat about a remarkable career with highlights as low as a human being can possibly go.

While we've seen a number of wearable underwater propulsion systems, they've typically been strapped to the user's arms or legs. The CudaJet is different, in that it's a true backpack-style underwater jetpack.

Scooters have become one of the most popular gadgets for watersport enthusiasts, and the latest out to do the paddling for you is a compact pocket rocket from Japanese makers Surando Tech. Despite its size, it punches above its weight in the water.

Slovenia's EJET started working on an electric jet tender that would outperform its gas-fueled competitors back in 2016, and after numerous tweaks and extensive testing "the world's first high-performance electric jet tender" has now been revealed.

For the last few years, a startup based in La Rochelle in France has been prototyping a sailing catamaran that can be collapsed down for transport behind an ebike. The IZIBoat is now being readied for series production.

If you want an electric boat to get very far, you either need huge amounts of battery, or you need to lift your hull out of the water on a hydrofoil system to cut down energy-sapping drag. The SpiritBARTech35EF does both, for record-smashing range.

On frequently travelled waterways, it's essential for vessel operators and local authorities to have maps of both bottom and shoreline features. A newly adapted autonomous watercraft could soon make the creation of such maps easier than ever before.

Back in 2019, SeaBubbles debuted a foiling electric water taxi in Miami. Following successful certification, the company has now announced the first commercial service of the Bubble in France in collaboration with the Grand Annecy.