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The Woodbridge Boatyard team have partnered with Vetus and Super B, two of the industry’s leading manufacturers to develop a complete package comprising an integrated propulsion and control system with plug-and-play expansion options to maximise flexibility and ease of integration.

The system fitted to the launch shown at the Southampton International Boat Show and available in our ‘Evolectric’ demonstrator comprises a 10kw liquid-cooled motor, a 48 Volt, 420 Amp Hour lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) modular battery bank, a 3.3kW charging system and CANbus controls. Uniquely, the integration of auxiliary systems such as echosounder, DC-DC inverter, touchscreen and GPS have already been installed, making this a truly ready to use system.

In the 18ft ‘Evolectric’ day boat, the system ensures that hull speed is comfortably reached. A >24 hour run time is achievable at 4 knots and 8 hours run time at 5.5 knots.

Complete flexibility is the name of the game so we offer liquid and air-cooled motors with power from 4kW – 10kW. In tandem, twin motor systems can be fitted if desired. The capacity of the 48V battery bank starts at 105Ah and can be easily increased by bolting on more 105Ah modules. Would you like an electric bow thruster? Or a pod-drive rather than a shaft? All standard options.

Our team can advise on repowering existing craft and on new build projects. Our workshop facilities at Woodbridge and Waldringfield can handle projects from 16ft to 45ft with full engineering and shipwright services.

 

Mix and Match from the options below to build the package for you.

Propulsion Systems:

4kW Shaft Drive

•        4Kw (11HP indicative comparable combustion engine) continuous power output

•        Motor unit weight: 65Kg

•        Air-cooled

•        Length: 518mm

•        Height: 380mm

•        Width: 504mm

5kW Shaft Drive

•        5Kw (11HP indicative comparable combustion engine) continuous power output

•        Motor unit weight: 68Kg

•        Liquid-cooled

•        Length: 485mm

•        Height: 335mm

•        Width: 504mm

6kW Shaft Drive

•        6Kw (16HP indicative comparable combustion engine) continuous power output

•        Motor unit weight: 65Kg

•        Air-cooled

•        Length: 518mm

•        Height: 380mm

•        Width: 504mm

7.5kW Shaft Drive

•        7.5Kw (16HP indicative comparable combustion engine) continuous power output

•        Motor unit weight: 69Kg

•        Liquid-cooled

•        Length: 485mm

•        Height: 335mm

•        Width: 504mm

10kW Shaft Drive

•        10Kw (22HP indicative comparable combustion engine) continuous power output

•        Motor unit weight: 71Kg

•        Liquid-cooled

•        Length: 485mm

•        Height: 335mm

•        Width: 504mm

10kW Pod drive

•        10Kw (20HP indicative comparable combustion engine) continuous power output

•        Motor unit weight: 61Kg

•        Directly-cooled

•        Length: 518mm

•        Height: 380mm

•        Width: 504mm

Battery Systems:

 
 
 

Our battery system is based upon the industry leading, DNV type-approved Super B Nomada cells. These lithium Iron Phosphate cells have been combined to build a compact, lightweight and powerful battery pack rated for over 3,500 cycles at 100% depth of discharge.

Our 48V modules each have a nominal capacity of 105Ah and these modules can be combined in parallel to increase capacity and range a required.

Ancillary components:

Many propulsion providers leave the considerable task of sourcing and integrating the essential ancillary components to the installer but we believe in doing a job fully so with the DebenDrive we take all that hard work away allowing you to focus on the boat. So, ‘in the box’ you will find:

  • A 3.3kW CAN-controlled charger, optimised to the chemistry of our battery

    • Available air or liquid-cooled

  • A 7” multifunctional touchscreen display with battery and motor data clearly shown, built in GPS sensor, free OpenSeaMaps and Navionics compatability

  • Echosounder with temperature sensor

    • Integrated with that beautiful 7” screen to keep your console uncluttered

  • Battery monitoring shunt

    • Real-time monitoring of the battery and its environment with Wi-Fi connectivity to allow you to check on those details of your battery’s health without cluttering the daily usability of the main screen

  • Key switch and throttle

    • A clean and simple solution for security and control

  • DC-DC inverter

    • To allow all systems to be run from the main battery we include a DC-DC to step from 48V down to 12V. From here you can run bilge pumps, navigation lights, stereos, you name it!

  • Cabling and connectors

    • All of the necessary CANbus modules, cables and terminating resistors are provided to your length specifications

    • DC cables and connectors provided to your length specifications

  • Closed circuit keel cooler and circulation pump

  • Motor brackets and anti-vibration mounts

  • Integrated thrust bearing

What’s not in the box?

  • Bilge pump

  • Navigation lights

  • The boat and the sunshine