electric boats Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/electric-boats/ Mechanically-minded travel Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:12:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 The UK’s first electric tour boat https://mechtraveller.com/2026/07/the-uks-first-electric-tour-boat/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/07/the-uks-first-electric-tour-boat/#respond Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:35:26 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13360 The Silver Raven, which started operating the official 40-minute ‘Tower of London River Tours’ on the Thames in March this year, is the UK’s first electric tour boat. She is one of the new generation of river craft on an increasingly greener artery through London’s heartland. “It’s got to happen,” says her captain, Chris Manktelow. […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/07/the-uks-first-electric-tour-boat/feed/ 0 An Electric Amphibious Boat with Foils https://mechtraveller.com/2022/09/an-electric-amphibious-boat-with-foils/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/09/an-electric-amphibious-boat-with-foils/#respond Thu, 15 Sep 2022 09:01:58 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7914 French boat builder, Iguana Yachts, unveiled its latest amphibious boat at the Cannes Yachting Festival 2022 last week. The Iguana Foiler – “A boat that sails, lands and flies” – is an electric version of their previous models… with foils. The Normandy based company says that sustainability is important to them and, independent of heavy […]

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