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by sharkster711 1307 days ago
It would increase the weight of the boat though, by quite a bit so you'd end up needing a bigger battery. The battery also does not have 100% efficiency so add in another 10% for losses. You'd also need downtime to charge that battery up - about 15-20 hours if you use level 2 charging. Yes, 200 kwh seems oddly low.
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Have you seen the massive size of that drum of electric cable on the boat? It weights definitely more than 1200 lb, which is the weight of a Tesla 100 kWh battery. So the boat would be actually more lightweight after replacing that drum with a battery.