Yamaha Motor has introduced plans to accumulate marine electrical propulsion producer Torqeedo.
Torqeedo provides a wide-ranging line of merchandise, from electrical outboard and inboard motors for small boats to battery packs and different drivetrain parts for bigger vessels similar to yachts and ferries. The corporate holds many patents associated to electrical motors, propellers and electrical techniques.
A current examine commissioned by the Worldwide Council of Marine business Associations (ICOMIA) entitled “The Pathways to Decarbonisation for the Leisure Marine Trade,” recognized various challenges for electrifying leisure boats. Yamaha says the report validates the corporate’s strategy to carbon neutrality, which apparently quantities to researching electrical propulsion whereas persevering with to provide ICEs.
“Yamaha’s acquisition of Torqeedo helps the present Mid-Time period Plan and helps to speed up the corporate’s efforts towards reaching carbon neutrality by 2050. That purpose throughout the marine market can solely be reached by an strategy leveraging a wide range of options, one in every of which is electrical propulsion,” mentioned Ben Speciale, President, Yamaha US Marine Enterprise Unit. “Via the connection with Torqeedo, Yamaha can have the power to fast-track the institution of a small electrical propulsion lineup.”
Supply: Yamaha Motor
