Mercury Marine has just announced the launch of its two newest electric outboard motors, the Avator 20e and Avator 35e. The news follows the launch of Mercury’s first entry in the lineup, the Avator 7 ...

British modular electric drive specialist Saietta Group is preparing to launch its first electric outboard motor for boats and other watercraft. A year after spinning off the Propel marine division, ...

The first outboard was actually electric (left). The 12-cylinder block for Mercury’s 600-hp Verado shows how far outboard technology has come. World History Archive/Alamy stock photo Once upon a time, ...

Back in 2015, I’d mused on these pages that my son, Evan, then in kindergarten, would likely own an electric-propelled boat. Now he’s in middle school and can operate a boat on his own. Has electric ...

Yamaha may be the largest, most well-known manufacturer of outboard motors in Japan, but Tohatsu Corporation beat it to market by a couple years back in the mid-20th century to become the country's ...

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WLUK) -- A Fond du Lac company is launching its first electric outboard motor. Mercury Marine unveiled its Avator 7.5e model at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Wednesday.

EVOA’s new E1 outboard is rated for 200 hp at the prop, delivering instant full-torque hole shot of an axial-flux electric ­motor into a powerhead less than half the weight of a comparable four-stroke ...

Honda may be gradually shifting to sustainable options for its popular outboard motor used in boats. The company has highlighted this shift with the showcase of an electric outboard motor using ...

Vision Marine Technologies is a Canadian company that specializes in electric boats and it recently unveiled its 180 horsepower electric outboard motor called the E-Motion 180E, branding it the ...