ECOwatercraft (First Electric Jetski EVER)

[Admiraldna]

nice how you spend up the vid from 40 to 42

[urungutang]

Love the idea!Electric power is our future!

[RichLOAguy]

I live in Toronto Canada, and any jetski rental place within driving distance has been closed because of the noise.  Your quiet model will fill this niche.

[filmah17]

where can i buy one

[Tammacazi10]

My GP yamaha can go for almost two days on one tank of gas.

[BlackTipGP1200]

3 hours isn't bad, At full throttle on my gp I usually get about an hour for 13 gallons. Is the 3 hours of constant aggressive use?

[waddict2001]

very impressive. interested to know what batteries are used and hp of electric motor???

[rickdog59]

looking for someone that can work on sea doos

[ocbc1975]

Beauty machine but the price in the end will probably be a lot more then gas version.

[tonsoffuns]

I LIKE NOISE

[1BustedMyth]

I purchased my first Ski 6 months ago Seadoo GTX 155, its a truly amazing machine, but the noise bugs me. I drove in a Tesla Roaster 12 months ago and was left breathless. After the first week I started looking at the mod required to build an electric Ski, so great to see others are on the same wave!

[1BustedMyth]

Just the way a ski should be!

[sirdouglasberg]

Kind of a niche market for something like this. Honestly, how many bleeding heart liberal jet skiers do you know?

[LiLTayMusic]

FUCKING AMAZING BRO!!!!

We could use that on our lake in Houston, all gasoline engines banned but not electric... GENIUS

[porpoisefathom]

please tell me what engine and voltage amperage, and what type of controller etc your using? how did you gear it? if possible--i would like to know the make of the motor, for a houseboat im building. planning on a hybrid/ or D.E. type system.

[phil656565]

water+electricity= eco friendly death trap? impressive for sure, i just hope they have the motor and batteries sealed off REALLY well

[ironoarsman]

Ok, I love it, too much wake for coaching on the water. Can we have that motor as an outboard?

[TheARJ15]

i think the only downside to this is that some people like the sound of a jet ski because i know i do, but other than that this is a great idea to get rid of emmisions

[evmocean]

that is no way 50 mph tell you what i challange you with your big old bus all the W's conistonpowerboatrecords.co.uk be there to try and take the record off me

[wph1138]

thats awesome. In AZ he would have been arrested for going within 20 feet of an other boat. Just saying..

[birks95]

Just my 2 cents, but it looks REALLY heavy and there is too much weight in the front, so everytime it hits a wave, it wants to mush back down into the water. Idealy you want a jetski that will slice through the waves and glide over top of them, instead of mushing through it all. That can all be fixed just by changing the CG. just my 2 cents, but i think that would greatly improve the performance of the production model.

[HnEhonda]

@birks95 im sure it could be fixed by putting a counter weight in the back of the hull

[makemespin]

Well, I think its a beautiful invention. Bet the production model will be sweet. But the only bummer must be that the range is only 3 hours, But good work. Lovely.

[epictangent]

@makemespin the range is limited by the batteries. the import fees/taxes/whatever on high mah capacity lion type batteries is insane. AND these fees are set none other than big oil... sad... BUT give it a bit, and things like this will have ranges like the Tesla Roadster...

[3DPeter]

@makemespin

like extra gas, you can bring some extra batteries, problem solved.

Btw, a jetski runs 1 up to 2 hours on gas if you ride on it al the time,

so it doesn't matter if you refil it with gas or some battery packs.

i hope that they soon wil come with a electric jetski that is as fast as an old

seadoo xp with a 720 engine, because that is fast enough for me.

Anyway, batteries become smaller with more power, so it's just a matter

of time for the first elec. ski to come.

[3DPeter]

@makemespin

i would love to have one, because a "refil" would cost a few euro's on electricity,

instead of about 100 euro's on a afternoon. no more gasstation, no more outragious expencive 2 stroke oil, no more rebuilt engine, no more making the oilindustry richer and richer by the day. Nah, i could live without gaspowered engines, but the the electric ones must be just as fast and with a decent

range on a charge, but i'm sure that they wil solve that in the nearby future.

[3DPeter]

@makemespin

btw, some say that we would need extra powerplants, if we all would drive electric cars, but thats not entirely true, because powerplants run 24/7, and at night they make more electricity than we use at night, so a part is transported to other time zones, and a part is wasted, because you can't shut a powerplant of for a few hours, and you can't store electricity, so when we charge at night, the energy plants wil run 100% efficiently, because then no electricity is wasted.

[joshpit2003]

@makemespin a 3 hour range on a jetski is HUGE. Thats at least one full tank worth of gas, which is more than enough for anyone on a Lake, perhaps not those crazies that travel to islands with them in the Ocean, but 3 hours on a lake is more time than anyone will want to spend on one. I'd like to see the performance increased, even if that means a run-time of only an hour (which is plenty for a lake)

[3DPeter]

i hope that they sell these jetski's real soon, because i can live without the engine noise, and i can live with the idea that i never have to stop at the gasstation

anymore to fill the ski up and make the oil companies richer by the day.

I live in europe, and gas is about 4 times more expencive than in the usa, so we would love to see electric jetski's that are as fast as the gas powered ones.

[3DPeter]

i hope that they sell these jetski's real soon, because i can live without the engine noise, and i can live with the idea that i never have to stop at the gasstation

anymore to fill the ski up and make the oil companies richer by the day.

I live in europe, and gas is about 4 times more expencive than in the usa, so we would love to see electric jetski's that are as fast as the gas powered ones.

[ibpointless2]

3 Hours on a jet ski is a lot, I get bored after 1 and come in and wait and ride another hour. 50 mph is ok, but 70 mph is the fastest jet ski will ever be allowed to go. No maintenance, cheap to run and easy to use, whats not to like? Plus a lot less can go wrong with a electric motor, I see many problems with gas engines.

[lolergramCCCP]

That would weird me out too much, I wouldn't be able to tell what the ski is doing without engine noise lol

[YamahaNZ]

no emmissions? how was the electricity generated that you charged the batteries with? solar?  cool though.

[dinoalberini]

A good observation. If you generate electricity in a thermoelectric powerplant, what's the point? However, unlike in ordinary life, solar panels have been in use for decades at sea, and tey are not that expensive any more. Hopefully this is the case.

[c0smicbyte]

the Navy SEALS can use those stealthy kickass machines. for those just having fun: how about some built-in marine earthquake speakers? then you can make noise or music anyway you want.

[porpoisefathom]

yeah id like to know how many kw's is the motor , and how its geared..what controller etc??

[porpoisefathom]

i hated those bloody things until now!!

[bored1980]

Heaven! No more bloody awful jetski noise waking the whole region up at 7am.

[RedDave]

We are interested in finding out if you would attend a sustaiable watercraft event at Lake Tahoe this summer?

We would like to see Lake Tahoe become the featured showcase for the sustainable watercraft/boating industry. It only goes to reason since the taxpayers are spending so much trying to protect the lake.

The month would include the Southshore Paddlefest and the Tahoe Na'lu sup race.

Between June 25th and August 25th.

[bensbaby1000]

how many hp is the electric motor? and what rpm?

cool ....i love it

[SaltLife750]

Thats only good for piracy! I could steal generators off of your boat and you wouldnt hear me comming. Great Idea for the pirates out there! ARRG

[jlslongboard]

That is a neat PWC, but I could see the lack of engine noise being dangerous. There have been times when i'm riding my JetSki that i have heard other PWC's before i saw them. The range would also be a concern to me, the lake I ride on is 60 miles from Dam to the mouth of the river that feeds it, and i have several times gone the whole length and back on my Kawasaki, but had to get fuel. This would be cool for cove riding, but not offshore or tour riding. Cool idea though.

[Brokolli17]

It would have no guts at all. and the sound of a normal jetski is great.

[Madjetdeux]

It's the Jet that i ever waited for. A jet without noise, a good speed and total respect of environement. Good Job.

[baratacus]

I think it's amazing how small minded the boater comunity is. They're even worse than the Automobile industry which is a good 5 years behind the technology curve on electric power. Boating is about 8 years behind the curve. They've only just started taping lithium power! With Lithium Iron Ferrite Polymer batteries the power/weight ratio is so much higher than sealed glass mat batteries that are cutting edge on the marina now. A brushless DC motor can produce far more power than a gas motor

[skateemerica134]

its going to be easier to just use gas, cost alot to charge it, 3 hours is not alot, constant removing of a battery, bad idea

[baratacus]

Carrying around cans off combustable liquid and pouring them into a tank that you sit on top of is a worse idea. How is changing a battery pack a bad idea?

[gmaki2]

"Easier"-depends, every rebuild a gas engine, or do a oi change? not easy

"Cost a lot to charge"- if you think a dime is a lot, sure.

"3 hours is not a lot of time".- It's 3 hours

No need to remove the battery.

[skateemerica134]

cool idea but the prices when they are relised are gonna be terribly bad and most people wouldnt want to pay thatt money and just stick to a gas pwc

[baratacus]

A new complete engine and all it's components from the manufacturer will run you around $6500... That doesn't include fuel pump, starter motor, ECU... etc. The cost of a new gas powered water craft wouldn't be much different than an electric. Electric motors are maintenance free, and can be run in lakes, rivers, and reservoirs that won't allow gas powered water craft.

[JRP3]

Nice. I've been wanting to convert my HX to electric but not sure if I have enough room for batteries to get a decent run time.

[DogGrilla80]

electric jet ski?that sounds good but not the same as the other ones

[WhatIThinke]

im asking a true fan of alternative energies

1. how much does it weigh?

2. battery type ?

3. estimated market costs when released

I currently have a gas supercharged seadoo rxp and its great on the water but gas costs are not fun. A main issue with gasoline jet skis is the control around docks.

However even if its electric many places ban jet skies and 35+ foot boats can still enter those waters, the world just hates jet skis because of the wake they produce :(

Awesome idea :)

[maxpesh]

Oh and BTW most FAST jet ski's have a have a top speed of about 63 mph, the fastest being about 73mph, so for this to be doing OVER 50mph at this early stage is VERY impressive

[LamboWINS]

not only is that statement extremely general its also false. The muscle crafts of each PWC development company are around 66-69 mph stock. No jetski is over 70 from the factory due to the gentlemens agreement with the coastguard.

[maxpesh]

I can't believe how negative some people can be, here is a company that is trying to make a difference and all some people can do is criticise. Give them a bloody chance to get the production model off the ground, and try to give them some praise for god's sake, at least they are doing something important with their lives. Well done ECO ,I think it's amazing. :-)

[kingkarts169]

@maxpesh Important? you're using that term very loosely

Important is helping the homeless, the less fotunate, rasing money for cancer//... not making a electric jet ski

[pjdaprinz]

@kingkarts169 All your important things to do comes down to one thing. Money! With money you can help everything get better.

Now, lets give nature a couple billion so we don't inhale those cancerous air anymore. Wait, we don't need to. Because we give money to search for cures for cancer. We give money so the pharmacy industry patents their medicine and sells it to the sick.

What are you going to do in 20 years when oil is rare and your *ss is not moving? Let me guess, give money for research!

[epictangent]

@maxpesh Criticism is just lazy bitching VS Collaboration, which yields results, like this electric jetski!

[3DPeter]

@maxpesh i ride on jetski's for almost 20 years now, but i would love to have a electric one, because i can live without the noise and smell that is coming out of the the excaust pipes.

[Corranaddison]

Hello

I make eco surfboards - in fact we have won several international awards for our boards. I also tow in surf, and as you can imagine, the problem of emissions from surfing drives me crazy. I tied to contact Bombardier several years ago about working on a joint electric PWC project and I was told "There is no demand for such a project".

Well, there you are. Well done!!! Bravo.

Now, how do I go about getting one for Imagine Eco?

Corran

[hibaxter]

thats terriable get a yamaha vxsport so much better GO YAMAHA

[goodes814]

It has no grunt!!!

[aly0512]

now thats shit

[maxpesh]

Now here's an arse !

[Tusker1970]

That's it in a nutshell, dude

[djmcpromo]

at least show us the batteries in the hull , tell us the charge and running times, ski total weight and an idea of thrust produced....The Idea is great ...but a long way to go in developement....

[saabmackan]

What a shame that it seemed to be so slow. Otherwise you would be drowning in orders from all the captain-jack-sparrow-wannabees in Somalia. You would never here them coming..

[ECOwatercraft]

Wait til Production Model, you won't be disappointed!

[3DPeter]

@ECOwatercraft

What's the latest news on this pwc? Because the website has no info.

[conicsnet]

@ECOwatercraft I assume you could roll this in the surf and not worry about it being damaged like a regular gas PWC ?

my Yamaha chews thru gas, 70 liters of gas only gets me about 200km (@ about 90km/h max), so if you can even get near 100km (@ 70 - 90km/h) on a single charge I think most people could not complain.

I hope to be tow-in surfing or water skiing with one of these soon!

Please try to keep the price near current PWC prices!

[3DPeter]

@ECOwatercraft

a year has past, so could you tell us at least if you made any progres?

[mysupaman]

@ECOwatercraft great product. When will the production model come out? and have you thought about partnering with large PWC and motocycle manufactours? I recon KTM may be exploring eletric motocycles etc.

anyway ive two superjets and it cost me a fortune in tunning and rebuilding... would love an electic!

[mysupaman]

@ECOwatercraft @ECOwatercraft great product. When will the production model come out? and have you thought about partnering with large PWC and motocycle manufactours? I recon KTM may be exploring eletric motocycles etc.

anyway ive two superjets and it cost me a fortune in tunning and rebuilding... would love an electic!

[GrampaDan2007]

Now if it was only covered in solar cells so it could trickle charge in the sun while it is idle.

[gmaki2]

you could always add them, but it probably consumes about 6000 watts running and a solar panal setup that would fit at the right voltage might give you 10 watts and be broken easily. It might add another minute or 2 of run time, that's all.

[wtfbollos]

well cool!

[thebrow117]

haha i love how he drives it onto the sand at the end

[Tusker1970]

From the footage it seems horribly underpowered compared to petrol-powered versions

[kevr26]

Yes it really does - badly. I'm sure they'll improve on this soon. Underpowered PWCs aren't fun at all.

[Miss1929]

I want one, I want one now!

[ragoogli]

Wow that thing is quiet! I have been waiting for this for years. It is definitely a no brainer. Good job guys!