How big is the electric boating business? How fast is it growing? At Torqeedo we currently have more than 70,000 electric propulsion systems in service worldwide. The industry is growing fast and gaining momentum every year. Our business grew by about 40 percent last year, and we don’t expect to see any slowdown. What are the factors driving ...
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Torqeedo has announced a new 25 kW range extender for its Deep Blue system, optimized for commercial operations and applications which require extended motoring, developed in cooperation with WhisperPower. The 350V DC converter generator boasts a Mitsubishi S4Q2 four-cylinder diesel engine with crankshaft starting. The range extender’s variable frequency operation eliminates the fixed ratio between power, voltage output, and rotational ...
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Marcia Kull joined the Torqeedo team in May as its new president. Kull’s career in the marine industry began when she was an attorney specializing in product liability defense at Bowman and Brooke, eventually moving to Genmar Holdings and then Volvo Penta, where she was most recently the vice president of marine sales. Kull is enthusiastic about electric propulsion technology ...
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