Classic tourist boat electric conversion

The battery bank was sourced from batteries that were previously installed in Tesla electric cars

Swedish tour operator Eco Sightseeing and electric marine specialists El & Marinteknik have revealed details of the retrofitting of a historic passenger boat with power supplied using Tesla second-life batteries writes Dag Pike.

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