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Interesting Electric Drives – repost from Green Car Congress

African Cats Developing All-Electric Drive for Sailing Yachts

29 May 2007

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Drawing showing the position of the retractable drive units. Click to enlarge.

African Cats, the Dutch company that last year introduced a hybrid version of one of its lightweight, 43-foot catamarans (earlier post), is developing a full-electric retractable propulsion and generation system for sailing yachts.

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