Greater Wellington Regional Council

• • Southern hemisphere’s first electric ferry launched in Wellington

    • 16 Dec 2021
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • he first fully electric, high speed passenger ferry in the southern hemisphere was officially launched today in Wellington, where the locally built vessel will sail commuters across Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Constructed by the Wellington Electric Boat Building Company, the 19-metre Ika Rere is powered by Meridian Energy for Metlink public transport services and owned and operated by East by West Ferries.
    • Accepted from GW news 2022 35 months ago by tonytw1
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    • electric-vehicles
    • ferry
  
  

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