A bunch of students of the Delft Technical University got together to build the world’s first solar speedboat way back in 2006 and entered it in the Nuon Frisian Solar Challenge. The boat won top honours and hence, got itself funding by Rabobank. From there, there was no stopping this bunch of Dutch students who went on to found their own solar speedboat firm called CZEERS. The CZEERS MK1 Solar Speedboat, true to it’s name, has solar panels on virtually every horizontal inch of it’s sleek body. Speaking about the body, it is made up of the ultralight and ultrarigid carbon fiber. This gives a very light yet strong structure. Over and above the carbon fiber, the photovoltaic cells power the electric batteries of the boat.
The electric battery provides enough juice to the boat’s eighty KW electric engine that propels it to a heady 30 knots per hour. Coming to the other aspects of the Solar Speedboat, it looks like the marine equivalent of a convertible car with an open topped, leather clad cabin for two. The Solar Speedboat is controlled with a touchscreen which is soon becoming the norm in high end yachts. That makes the CZEERS MK1 one very innovative concept that is all set to rake in the bucks for it’s makers. To buy one of these very exclusive piece of marine recreational kit, you will have to get in touch with it’s makers. By the way, the price is strictly on request.
Via: gizmag
