We’ve all seen images of combustion-powered trucks trolling EV drivers by parking in dedicated charging bays. But surely ICEing a charge point with a boat is taking things too far.
That must have been the thought going through the head of one Redditor when he spotted this boat and trailer hogging an EV bay. But a closer look revealed it was genuinely hooked up to the mains, while stickers on the side that read “100% Electric” provided extra assurance to any irate EV drivers.
I don’t know anything about boats but a bit of digging reveals that the Super Nautique GS22E is a watersports boat designed for towing waterskiers and wakeboarders. It’s the result of a collaboration between Nautique and its sister company Ingenity, two brands under the umbrella of Florida-based Correct Craft, and features a 295 hp (299 PS / 220 kW) electric powertrain plus a 120 kWh battery that promises 2-3 hours of on-water fun.
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Thought someone ICE’d the charger this morning
by u/Vital1024 in electricvehicles
The battery can be charged in 10 hours using a 240 V AC supply, in four hours using a 25 kW DC supply or just 1.5 hours when juiced with 80 kW. Ingenity installed an electric boat charger on Lake Tahoe in 2020 to coincide with the delivery of the first customer examples of the GS22E, and no doubt there are now many more dotted around the country.
The man who’d parked this particular boat in the charging bay actually chimed into the thread to say that the boats are intended to be charged dockside but that he works for Ingenity and was on a demo tour at the time so charging in an EV bay designed for cars was the best option available.
Nautique also makes various similar-looking models designed for watersports use but powered by GM-derived V8 marine engines. They’re all fairly pricey, starting at $106,541 for the entry-level Ski Nautique 200 and topping out at $395,245 for the G25 Paragon. The electric GS22E comes in towards the top end of that scale and will set you back $312,952. That kind of money would buy you a smart new supercar, but you can’t fit 10 friends in Ferrari 296, and it’s probably not advisable to tow an eleventh behind it.
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