E-Lektra Marine – new joint venture ready to electrify 7 major sailboat brands

About this episode

The episode discusses the formation of E-Lektra Marine, a joint venture aimed at promoting electric propulsion in the sailboat industry.

Two of the world’s largest sailboat builders – Groupe Beneteau and Fountaine Pajot Group – have set out to speed up adoption of electric propulsion in the industry by creating E-Lektra Marine, a 50/50 joint venture whose first customers will be seven major brands that represent 60% of the global market: Beneteau, Fountaine Pajot Sailing Catamarans, Fountaine Pajot Yachts, Dufour, Excess, Jeanneau and Lagoon. Listen to this article as a podcast The goal of E-Lektra is to bring electric propulsion to 10% to 15% of the entire global sailing market by 2030, using a multi-tiered approach that offers: Electrification solutions – full electric or hybrid – for all sailboats from 9 to 24 metres (29 – 80 ft) A platform available for the whole boatbuilding industry A refit solution enabling current owners to switch to electric An optimized onboard energy management of all inputs and output: solar panels, motors, generators, ‘hotel load’ appliances and equipment, shore power connections Real-time monitoring through an easy-to-use display. Two of the barriers standing in the way of mainstream adoption of electric propulsion for sailing boats and yachts are price and boat owners’…

Topics covered

• electric propulsion
• sailboat industry
• joint venture
• sustainability
• marine technology

Keywords

• E-Lektra Marine
• electric propulsion
• sailboats
• Groupe Beneteau
• Fountaine Pajot
• sustainability
• marine technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Groupe Beneteau, Fountaine Pajot Group, E-Lektra Marine, Beneteau, Fountaine Pajot Sailing Catamarans, Fountaine Pajot Yachts, Dufour, Excess, Jeanneau, Lagoon

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