Mercury’s Avator 75e and 110e are the company’s biggest electric outboards to date. Both have transverse-flux motors, three-blade aluminum propellers and recycled materials. The 75e can be ordered with a tiller or digital remote controls, while the 110e has digital controls. Both come in different shaft lengths. Owners can spec Avator 75e and 110e outboards with two to four external 5,400-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion batteries; these are paired to Mercury’s 5400 Power Center, merging power from the batteries and distributing it to the motor.
“Replacing a 6-gallon gas tank with at least two 5,400 kWh batteries isn’t the easiest task,” says Dan Ryks, Mercury’s senior category manager for electrification. “You have to find space for the batteries, and you need to consider their weight in order to deliver the best overall vessel performance.” The solution is flexible design. “The modularity of the 5,400 kWh batteries and the smaller 5400 Power Center provides boatbuilders and dealers with multiple configuration options for vessel installations,” Ryks says. The batteries can be installed horizontally or vertically.
While range and speed are vessel-dependent, Ryks says Mercury reached 16.8 knots aboard a 12-foot RIB powered by an Avator 110e.
System Ops
Mercury Marine’s Avator 75e and 110e outboards deliver 10 hp and 15 hp, respectively. SmartCraft Connect modules facilitate communication with the Mercury Marine app, which displays the available range and other data. The 5,400 kWh lithium-ion batteries recharge using AC power and a 520-watt or 1,050-watt Avator charger. The 520W charger replenishes two batteries in 20 hours; the 1,050W takes less than 10 hours to recharge.
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