Swedish electrical boat maker X Shore has a brand new, lighter and extra inexpensive mannequin coming generally known as the X Shore 1. And with the assistance of Bosch, it’s going to be extra environment friendly than ever.

That’s as a result of Bosch Engineering, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, has teamed up with X Shore on the event of its new electrical boat drivetrain.

The businesses simply introduced in the present day a collaboration to enhance the efficiency and effectivity of the electrical drive system of the X Shore 1.

Bosch has already been instrumental within the drivetrain for the brand new electrical boat, which options Bosch’s largest motor available on the market for leisure boat purposes, in addition to Bosch’s inverter and gearbox, developed and manufactured by Bosch Rexroth.

As X Shore’s CEO Jenny Keisu mentioned:

At X Shore, we’re at all times looking for progressive collaborations to additional our mission in direction of a extra sustainable boating business and a greener world. We firmly imagine that innovation is aware of no boundaries and that by becoming a member of forces with different progressive corporations, each massive and small, we are able to push the boundaries of what’s potential.

Our dedication to fixed innovation drives us to hunt partnerships that allow us to be taught from one another, share data, and leverage collective experience. At X Shore, we’re excited to assist Bosch Engineering in additional strengthening their sustainability mission and collectively, we’ll deliver a brand new, cutting-edge electrical drive system know-how to the brand new X Shore 1, offering an unparalleled boating expertise.

X Shore defined that the corporate’s deeper collaboration with Bosch Engineering marks the start of Bosch’s electrification journey into the leisure boat phase, with X Shore chosen as a part of the pilot.

President of Bosch Engineering Dr. Johannes-Jörg Rüger elaborated on the collaboration:

At Bosch, we’re investing closely in sustainable applied sciences and pursued sustainability lengthy earlier than it made it to the highest of the social agenda. In relation to sustainable mobility, we’re persevering with to strengthen our portfolio of options for electrified driving. With X Shore, we now have discovered a robust passionate accomplice that shares this environmental dedication with deep conviction. I’m completely satisfied that Bosch Engineering helps to speed up the sustainable X Shore serial manufacturing strategy by sharing sequence manufacturing expertise and automotive confirmed excessive efficiency parts.

Earlier this yr, X Shore additionally introduced the completion of an roughly SEK 300 million (US $30M) funding spherical because it sails towards anticipated profitability sooner or later in 2024.

The corporate’s flagship Eelex 8000 electrical boat was first unveiled in 2019, although that mannequin’s larger price ticket of round US $329,000 put it within the extra premium finish of electrical boats.

With the debut of the extra inexpensive X Shore 1, which is priced at $139,000, the corporate is hoping to considerably develop its attain available in the market.