Hi Kirk,
And this is another example of somewhat misleading promotional information. One has to read between the lines. The 100km range is not at 40kmh. The motor pulls 3.7kW and the battery pack is only rated for 4.5kWh. If we assume a safe discharge to 80% DoD, the battery has 3.6Kwh usable, which works out to 54 minutes (using Peukert's exponent of 1.03 for the Li-Ion batteries) from full to empty at full speed. This pegs the range at 36km or just under 20nm at 40kmh/22kts.
To get to 100km using 100% of 4.5kWh, one needs to drop the discharge amps to 6.5A, which should deliver about 4kts (according to specs derived from Torqeedo's published data) and in almost 14 hours, one will have travelled 55nm which is roughly 100km.
That just doesn't sound as exciting as the original headline.
That said, it does look like a fun toy, and certainly much cheaper than the all electric ski boat discussed a few months ago.
Fair winds,
Eric
Marina del Rey, CA
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