If Tesla Made An Electric Motor Yacht, It Might Look Something Like This

Tesla has made sedans, crossovers, roadsters, even professional-grade trucks. But what if it made a yacht?

That’s the question which Aziz Belkharmoudi sought to answer with this design project. Shared on Behance, the concept is called the Tesla E-Vision Granturismo. In short, it’s a nearly 60-foot- (18-meter-) long motor yacht. But instead of conventional seagoing engines, it (theoretically) uses the powertrain from the Model S.

With two of them on board, the vessel is envisioned to produce a massive 1,800 horsepower (or 1,350 kW). That’d be enough, according to the designer, to give it a cruising speed of 30 knots, and a top end of over 40 knots. Or in landlubber terms, 35 and 46 mph, respectively.

Belkharmoudi envisions using carbon-Kevlar construction, and decking the interior out in wood. It even has photovoltaic cells (read: solar panels) on the front deck to help keep those lithium-ion batteries topped up out on the open water. Despite its rather large size, it’s said to have ample room for eight passengers. And it’d be operated by touchscreen displays instead of conventional instruments and controls, just like Tesla’s electric road cars.

That is, it would, if Tesla were to build such a vessel. But we doubt it would. Elon Musk’s idea is to help move the masses (who can afford it, at any rate) along the earth’s surface. And as expensive as some of Tesla’s vehicles can be, a yacht of this size would be worth a good million dollars or so. And we just can’t see Musk and Tesla going after that elite a market.