Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Stefan Frauscher knows a thing or two about electric boats. The company he now runs built its first floating EV in 1955.
Still, Frauscher says the latest effort is a complete game changer. It’s known as the Frauscher x Porsche 850 Fantom Air and, as the car brand plonked in the middle of that rather long handle might suggest, there’s more than a little automotive technology involved. Indeed, this stylish open speedster shares its battery pack, motor and other technology with Porsche’s new Macan electric SUV.
It’s sleek, stylish and pure waterborne fun: the Frauscher x Porsche 850 Fantom Air. “Normally it takes 10 years to get some new improvements from the car industry to the boat industry,” says Frauscher, adding that developing an electric drivetrain solely for marine applications would cost more than $US40 million (almost $60 million). “Nobody in the boat industry can afford that, so you need the car industry.
This is the first time we have had the technology at the same time.” Frauscher insists the new Fantom provides superior acceleration and top speed to a conventional powerboat. It is also more pleasant to ride in.
“It’s just not better smelling, it has no noise, and you don’t get one drop of oil in the water.” Frauscher boss Stefan Frauscher aboard the new powerboat, which retails for a.
