Have you got any pricing number out of them?
On Sep 14, 2009, at 5:28 PM, Rob Johnson wrote:
>
> I'm continuing to watch "Hybrid Marine" http://www.hybrid-
> , they seem to be making steady progress.
> They have just won the "Practical Boat Owner"magazine "Green product
> of the year" award , and right at this moment are exhibiting 2
> hybrid motors , a 25 hp and a 50hp at the Southampton International
> Boat show.
> They are releasing a range of hybrid motors from 10-90 hp next year.
> What I like about the hybrid marine setup , in comparison to the
> Steyr is that for retrofitting , its not appreciably any longer than
> the IC setup alone.
> If their 10hp motor was available now , I could and would use it on
> my boat , without any real problem , it would fit right in.
> FWIW.
> Rob J.
>
> --- On Tue, 15/9/09, ewdysar <ewdysar@yahoo.
>
> From: ewdysar <ewdysar@yahoo.
> Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: Hello, New to group - do I have enough
> data to consider con
> To: electricboats@
> Received: Tuesday, 15 September, 2009, 2:46 AM
>
> James,
>
> I don't know if any amount of interest will get the hybrid systems
> down to that kind of price point. My quote for a new 20hp diesel on
> a pallet was about $8000 by itself.
>
> Eric
>
> --- In electricboats@
> wrote:
> >
> > As for myself I have enough roof space on my 41 foot cabin curser
> for
> > a 2kw array, The total cost for my system will run about $7000 for
> > the array and high end inverter/charger.
> > I will spend another $7000 on batteries and another $6000 for the
> > motors and controllers. Thankfully I already have 6.5 KW generator
> > that I will keep. So I'm looking at about $20,000 to re-power
> hybrid
> > electric with solar cells mostly for house loads. I plan on
> spending
> > lots of time "off the hook" so the costs work for me. I would
> have
> > loved to use two of the Steyr motors if they where just not so
> > unreasonably priced. As it is just one of them cost more then my
> > total expected re-power cost plus I get a "free" battery bank and
> > solar array.
> >
> > I wish some more companies would inter the marine hybrid market to
> > help drive down the insane prices. Those 250 hp Steyr hybrids would
> > start to be interesting to me at about $8000 apiece.
> >
> >
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