{"id":7105,"date":"2023-08-01T11:27:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T03:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/?p=7105"},"modified":"2023-08-01T11:27:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T03:27:52","slug":"tohatsu-honda-to-develop-electric-outboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/latest-news\/archives\/7105","title":{"rendered":"Tohatsu, Honda to develop electric outboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tohatsu Corporation has confirmed that it has entered into a joint development agreement with Honda R&amp;D Co to collaborate on producing a 4kW electric propulsion system for small boats.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0801boa1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0801boa1.png 513w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0801boa1-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The small electric outboard under development by Tohatsu and Honda is envisioned to utilise Honda\u2019s MMPe interchangeable battery pack<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under terms of the agreement, Tohatsu will develop the mechanical structure including the gear case and lower unit, while Honda will develop the electric powerhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The motor is expected to utilise Honda\u2019s Mobile Power Pack removable battery system, described as a 50V, 26.1Ah lithium-ion cell with a capacity of 1,314Wh and a five-hour charging time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Honda showed the battery, alongside a concept of a similarly sized electric motor, at the 2023 D\u00fcsseldorf boat show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tohatsu says it aims to commence field testing of the 4kW motor in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tohatsu Corporation has confirmed that it has entered into a joint development agreement with Honda R&#038;D Co to collaborate on producing a 4kW electric propulsion system for small boats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7106,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7105\/revisions\/7106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}