this year, and we were fortunate enough to be invited out to Charleston, South Carolina, to test them out in person.
These compact motors clearly aren’t attacking the highest emission vessels, but instead provide a solid foothold where Mercury believes its new motors and batteries will find solid traction in the market. They’re clearly moving fast and it makes sense to start with the smaller, lower risk motor and battery combinations first.
The electric motors make it easy for anyone to simply hop into the boat and get moving without the need to pull-start a gas motor or worry if the gas in the tank has gone bad or not. More exciting than the ability to charge at any harbor is solar charging.shared with us that the company is working on a solar charger for its Avator lineup that they hope to bring to market later this year. They’ve already heard from early Avator owners and prospective owners that this is something that they want.
Compared to combustion engines which require regular maintenance and protection against corrosion from saltwater, the Avator lineup is almost maintenance-free. Coupled with the ever-increasing cost of gas and the relatively low cost of electricity, the total cost of ownership of an Avator-equipped motor package compared to an equivalent combustion motor is already within spitting distance.
This hard-sided Veer vessel was a blast to tool around in with its Mercury Avator 35e motor. The nearly silent electric motors are perfect for fishing vessels. Image credit: Kyle Field, CleanTechnica
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