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Originally Posted by kb7722
You wouldn't want the battery weight in a 1654. It would take a huge battery to go the distance of 5 gals of gas with a 40 hp.
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yep 4 batteries sounds like a lot of weight until you consider that 5 gallon tank of gas you no longer need to carry, weights as much as one of those 4 batteries and most people bring a second "spare" tank of gas equal to that second batteries weight so overall the weight you add isn't that much and the motor itself is a whole lot lighter so overall I bet the weight works out to be the same as a regular 4 stroke with gas tanks.
And im not saying this thing is ready for "prime time" but you have to remember your actual cruising time isn't going to be that much at all when you think about it.
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Full Throttle produces 6.3 knots over a range of more than 12 ½ nautical miles, and a runtime of 2 hours.
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on a 12 hour fishing trip moving 3 or 4 times I barely run the motor more then an hour or so total combined so while I agree its marginally enough, this is all you need for most inshore marsh fishing trips. plus adding a fifth battery will extend the times and distances you can do
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While at half-throttle, and 5 knots, you’ll see a range of 20 nautical miles over a 4 hour cruise.
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and half throttle aint bad either
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If slow and steady is more your pace, you can run this motor (on the batteries spec’d above) at 2.7 knots for nearly 90 nautical miles and a runtime of 33 hours!
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this must be idling or trolling speed I assume but I don't care how good your motors gas mileage is, that 5 gallons of gas aint never going to let you run for 33 hours non stop like the electric motor does.
im not going out and buy one anytime soon, I don't buy new ideas until someone else makes dang sure all the kinks have been worked out for a few years first.
it looks like given a few more years the batteries and the motors will be better or at least improved to be more efficient so this will be a viable alternative to look at in a few years unless your a brave soul who likes to be the first to try new things.