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The last gas outboard on Lake Michigan cuts out at 9:47am on a Tuesday in June. What happens in the next sixty seconds is something no living American has ever heard. Not silence. Something richer than silence. Something older. This question deserves to be asked seriously — not as environmental debate, but as a genuine exercise backed by real science. Because the answer reveals something unexpected: most of us have never actually heard what our lakes sound like without us. The Scale of What We've Added There are currently over 9.3 million registered small motorboats in the USA. On any summer weekend, the surface of Lake Erie, the Finger Lakes, or Table Rock Lake carries the layered mechanical noise of hundreds of outboards running simultaneously. That noise doesn't stay on the surface. Sound travels approximately 1,500 meters per second in water — nearly five times faster than in air — broadcasting engine noise across the entire water column, instantly, in every direction. What...

Run the Spirit 1.0 Evo flat out at its full 1kW output and you get roughly 1 hour 15 minutes of runtime and about 7.8 miles (12.5km) of range on the standard Spirit Battery Plus. That's the ceiling — the number every other setting on this motor gets measured against. What's actually interesting isn't that number on its own, though. It's what happens to runtime and range the moment you back off even slightly, and why "full throttle" is rarely where you should be running anyway. Why This Matters Every electric outboard has a number nobody advertises loudly: what happens at the very top of the throttle. Manufacturers love to talk about their best-case cruising range, but the full-power number tells you something more useful — how the motor behaves under real stress, and how much margin you actually have before the battery taps out. We wanted to know what "the limit" really looks like on the ePropulsion Spirit Evo , using the numbers ePropulsion itself ...

Pair the ePropulsion Spirit 1.0 Evo with a 120Ah Solid State Marine battery and you get roughly six hours of full-throttle runtime, compared to about one hour and fifteen minutes on the standard Spirit Battery Plus. That's nearly five times the capacity in a battery that's still light enough to carry down a dock. But more capacity isn't automatically the right choice for every boat — and that's what this test actually reveals. Why This Matters Runtime anxiety is the number one reason boaters hesitate on electric outboards. You've heard the stories — someone drifting back to the ramp on a dead battery, or cutting a fishing trip short because the gauge dropped faster than expected. A recent test from EMO Electric put real numbers behind that fear, running the Spirit 1.0 Evo against a third-party Solid State Marine battery to see what happens when you throw significantly more capacity at the problem. If you're comparing electric outboards to gas, or trying to figu...

If you're moving a dinghy, daysailer, or lighter cruising sailboat, the Navy 3.0 Evo's 3kW (6HP equivalent) is usually enough. If you're powering a heavier boat, a RIB, a river boat, or a sailing yacht up to around 5 tons, the Navy 6.0 Evo's 6kW (9.9HP equivalent) is the one that won't leave you underpowered on a windy afternoon. The real decision comes down to boat weight, not how much power sounds impressive on paper. Why This Matters Picking between the epropulsion Navy 6.0 and the Navy 3.0 Evo isn't just a spec-sheet exercise. Buy too little power and you'll struggle against current or crosswind coming into a marina. Buy too much and you're carrying extra weight and cost you didn't need. Both motors share the same direct-drive, brushless design and hydrogeneration feature — the difference that actually matters is how much boat you're asking them to move. Navy 3.0 Evo vs Navy 6.0 Evo: The Real Difference Both motors are built on ePropulsion...

The Remigo One is one of the lightest electric outboards you can buy, but the spec sheet doesn't tell you how that weight advantage actually plays out at the dock, on a windy afternoon, or three seasons into ownership. Here are five things most reviews skip over. Why This Matters Anyone shopping for a Remigo electric outboard is usually comparing it against a handful of other small electric motors, or wondering if it can finally replace the 3hp gas engine that's been sitting on the tender for years. The spec sheet answers "what is it." It doesn't answer "what's it actually like to own." That's the gap this article fills. 1. The Weight Savings Change How You Use the Boat, Not Just How You Carry It Everyone mentions the Remigo One's 26.5-pound weight (32 pounds with the bracket). What gets skipped is what that means in practice. A motor this light means one person can lift it off the transom, walk it up a dock, and stow it in a car tru...