Electric boats make a lot of sense once batteries reach a certain energy density level. In this video, I cover how Tesla's trajectory to 400 Wh/kg may signal a boat and why such a move would disrupt the boating industry forever.
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The flying car!!!…but 1st, we need to figure out how to make airplanes reverse!
Is this channel a marketing line for Tesla … I am starting to not take what you say seriously.
What happens when electric grids go down. Look at the recent cold and snow in Texas with no electricity for days.
I would welcome it. Any little bit of less CO2 emission helps. I personally would love to joyride an electric ferry. I really can't STAND the smell of diesel, and the noise ruins some of the romance of being out on the water. If electric boats became cheaper, they'd see more than just lil ol' me taking joyrides. Why it might even see the return of some cancelled ferry routes. Toronto (Ontario) to Rochester (NY), there was a ferry on that route for a while. If the boat was electric, with lower running costs, they could bring it back. Or they could even do "lake rides" for tourists. I'm from Toronto. Lake Ontario is LOVELY. We need 1-2 hour tours here. Nothing like going out over the lake in the summer, wind in your hair, the fresh air, and a nice novel to read. It's very relaxing.
"Disrupt" the boating industry, really dude? Your poor choice of words in your title is a big red flag 🚩 you might want to consider something a little more accurate and respectful. Maybe something like "Improve the boating industry" titles are just as important as Thumbnails
Just sayin
Tesla rules the world. Could Tesla make smart grass for your lawn and house that when it rains it drains the water to your home and then is filtered and stored? Just a thought. Lol
I'm watching this after TESLA earnings for Q4 2020, which was below their target 🙁 however, they are still a great company. I won't be supriase if they come up with this "aquatic car" in the future. Hope they get a aquatic , roadster, and flying car that transform too ! 🙂
Scandinavia has a good market potential since fjords make traveling difficult between islands-main land and is cheaper than mega constructions of bridges and tunnels ,(with many problems to come)
400 Wh/kg ain't going to help a cruise ship it needs to be hydrogen or nuclear.
I am going to buy Tesla stock when they built a new galaxy. Because just a planet is not enough to convince me.
Aint nobody going to be making an amphibious car, come on man 🤷♂️😂
It's easy to do electric boats. I will be amazed if he starts a solar company to install solar roofs on top of every house, and guess what? each house feeds to the national grid as well. I dont think he can do it… but i am optimistic for sure 🙂
250 gallons per day for a cruise ship? My 24’ boat uses 90 gallons in a full day.
Boats as in yacht sure. Already being done in Poland. Boats as in cargo freighters, nope no way
Ships burn a grade of oil called "bunker grade" in some cases this is straight crude oil as with Venezuela oil. This has a lot of contaminants in it including vanadium metal which condenses out and tends to block the exhaust pipes of ships forced to burn it. (I know the ex chief engineer of the Blue Funnel line)
Back in the oil crisis of the 1970's and 80's wind powered tankers and freighters were designed and built they were mostly successful either reducing fuel usage dramatically or almost entirely. However because of the variability of wind they were not reliable enough to replace engines so increased the complexity and weight so reducing cargo space and capacity. They were also nearly impossible to insure.
This is where Hydrogen fuel cells can be used relatively safely.
Sorry to point this out but accuracy is important. A boat is a small water going vessel. A large sea going vessel is called a Ship! This is why we have shipping companies who move containers from sea port to sea port. Boating companies rent day cruisers and sailing dinghies.
For the record Maritime transport accounts for 3.5% to 4% of all climate change emissions, primarily carbon dioxide not 12% as you stated
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Whats up with that company? Are they in the tequila business or the boat biz?
Tesla Cyber Truck special edition and have it work as a boat…… ill definitely buy one!!!!!
It is not about boats but about energy storage and density of energy per unit of mass. Battery factories are key. We are just at the start of an era of lithium battery development. It is an exponential curve for a while and then another technology will supplant the lithium battery. Theoretically, the amount of energy in a pea or pebble is large enough to drive a car for its lifetime but we do not know how to siphon that off. There is unlimited energy available, it has been only the oil lobby that has fiercely opposed any development that would jeopardise their iron grip on the economy. Even this very day, they are hating and fighting Tesla vehemently. Tesla fans read news sources that are positive over Tesla but there are major sources and influences that are railing against batteries, EV's , sun and wind energy systems, and what not. Why? For a few billion more into the pockets of a few billionaires and oil company stock holders. Those people are mad as hell, i.e angry and insane at the same time.
Sounds like the low thrub, thrub, thrub, of being onboard a ship (ferry) might soon become a thing of the past.
I think Tesla will have to look at hydro electric for boats. Having enough batteries for cars, planes and boats could put a strain on raw materials.
I could see Tesla batteries in naval military designs. Submarines are ripe for an improved battery. Current designs are still lead acid. Tesla lithium batteries offer a 10x power improvement over lead acid. Even nuclear subs use batteries. But a 10x power improvement in battery tech makes conventional SSK subs very practical. Currently SSK subs use liquid oxygen or other dangerous materials to achieve multi day under water performance. Tesla batteries could achieve similar performance with much lower risk. The lithium battery improvements would allow SSK designs that would lower manning, build and maintenance costs. Making designs for coastal and blue water navies. Think drone submarines working from nuclear mother ships.
Which boats/planes would be easier to electrify first, small ones or big ones?
"While long distance cruises certainly won't be disrupted anytime soon." Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh….Have you NOT SEEN the current cruise industry turmoil & disarray?!?!?! I'd say with current company values hitting losses of 70% (on average among the big 3), and not a single cruise running since Mid-March can quite confidently be referred to as OFFICIALLY DISRUPTED.
I think this video is misleading. Electric boats are still a novelty. The torque required for cruising at a reasonable nautical speed is high. The battery capacity currently cannot support long distance boat travel and there is no infrastructure for open water charging. Gas has more power density.
A battery powered ship??? BWHAHAHAHA!!! OKOKOK… Moving a boat with electric is not the issue, the Navy has been doing it with subs for almost 100 years now. But they all have power generation on board. The batteries needed to move the boats around for more than a few hours would be MASSIVE. This giant battery is going to cut into your passenger or cargo space and affect your bottom line. To command up for this lost you can build more boats, higher more crew, pay more dock fees, pay more insurance…. Or you can build bigger boats, but than you need a bigger battery to move a bigger boat so you're right back to where you started. You could in theory add solar panels and wind turbine but that takes up deck space and that is part of your cargo area (passengers = cargo) so you're back to buying more boats. Or I guess you could raise prices on everything.
The next problem you have is those mains are never not under load, those props they spin weigh in the tons, then you add the water resistants. I don't know how many model 3 motors you plan on linking together to replace a motor that is literally 3 decks tall but you need more.
Refueling a ship already takes a full day or more. It's a pain, I've done it. But I gotta ask, how long is it going to take to recharge a battert the size of a large freight train? Weeks? Months? If the boat is not steaming cargo around you're losing money paying dock fees, feeding and paying the crew. Turn around time is huge.
So who ever does not switch to electric boats is going to be able to ship more cargo on less boats with quicker turn around time and undercut the companies that switched.
Before you guys come at me with fuel savings you gotta remember a ship can move a tone of cargo 647 miles on a gallon of fuel. Trains come in next at 134 miles according to CSX.