Mercury releases Avator 75e, 110e electric outboard motors at CES 2024
Mercury’s electric outboard range rounds out to five models, with two new ones filling out the top endMercury has revealed it will soon add two more electric outboard motors to its Avator range, revealing the 75e and 110e at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show 2024 showcase in the US.
The two new engines launched a year after the first Avator electric outboard motor, the circa 1.0hp Avator 7.5e, was revealed as the first of Mercury’s standalone battery-powered brand.
Both new motors are classed as low-power, with Mercury teasing it is still working on the high-power versions of its Avator range that will be able to power ever-larger boats.
The new motors each provide 7.5kW (around 10hp) and 11.0kW (around 15hp) at the propeller. According to Mercury, the new motors will work best propelling “aluminium fishing boats, compact pontoons and even small fibreglass runabouts”.
Both motors will be released later this year.
According to Mercury, both new motors will run for around an hour at constant full throttle, while lowering the performance to 75.0 percent of their potential will give around two to three hours of runtime before needing a recharge.
“Run time can be extended by adding additional batteries or reducing throttle usage,” Mercury said, adding that performance details would be released at a later date.
“Additional details including pricing will be released upon product launch in mid-2024,” it said.
The new motors also integrate with the complete Avator propulsion system and share common features with other models in the line-up, such as the full-colour digital display, Avator-specific tiller and remote controls, custom propellers, and compatibility with the new Mercury Marine app.
No other details about the new top-end electric motors were released, with more information likely to drop at the 2023 Dusseldorf Boat Show later this month.
The latest new motors round out the Avator line-up to five low-power models, hinting that any new outboard motor developments are likely to be for high-power applications.
The Avator 7.5e is the only model that has a hot-swap battery allowing users to replace a depleted battery with a fresh one while still out on the water. The larger Avator motors all use a separate battery pack that can be stacked up with more batteries to produce more range.
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