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PORSCHE’S ELECTRIC POWERED SPORTS BOAT
from All At Sea
by All At Sea
Together with the Frauscher Shipyard in Austria, Porsche is developing an electric yacht, the Frauscher x Porsche 850 Fantom Air.
Lutz Meschke, deputy chairman and member of the executive board for finance and IT at Porsche AG, explained: “We stand for state-of-the-art, high-performance and sustainable luxury – and we are redefining this concept. The Frauscher x Porsche 850 Fantom Air, like our sports cars, offers exceptional performance and luxury experiences.”
Anticipated from 2024, the electric yacht is based on the Frauscher 858 Fantom Air daycruiser, whose 8.67m long and 2.49m wide hull it is taking over practically unchanged. Porsche has optimised and further developed its drive technology designed for road vehicles for use on the water. This enables the use of the state-of-theart automotive drive technology of the Premium Platform Electric on which the future all-electric Macan will be based as the first Porsche model.
“Our boat is perfect as a daycruiser for a relaxed swimming trip, for example, or as a tender for a super yacht to make an excursion to a coastal town,” said Stefan Frauscher, CEO responsible for marketing & sales at the Frauscher Shipyard.
RS Electric Boats has announced that the new iteration of the Pulse 63, featuring a RAD40 (electric propulsion system) and increased battery capacity from 46kWh to 63kWh, will be on the market from this month.
“This is the next generation of the Pulse 63,” said Alex Newton-Southon, RS Marine Group co-CEO.
“It is super easy to manoeuvre and the new 63kWh battery version will further increase the range.
"It provides an effortless driving experience, produces minimal wake and is impressively quieter than ever before. Alongside its remarkable acceleration and capability to reach speeds exceeding 20kts, the Pulse 63 boasts an exceptionally slow ‘tick-over’ speed, achieved by the propeller rotating at speeds as low as 258rpm. This results in a calm, controllable manoeuvring/ mooring speed of 1.5kts.”
The RAD40 is made by RAD Propulsion with whom RS Electric Boats has partnered since 2018 on the Pulse 63. RAD Propulsion says its system is smaller than other conventional equivalents and designed so that the motor does not intrude onto the Pulse’s deck space. It supplies 40kW of continuous power and its 400V architecture means it is compatible with fast charging.
