I've sold a couple of different boats with the Minnkota electrics. Only if
that was the ONLY way would I even consider.

Twice the price of a gas engine with half the output, plus the expense and
pain of that bank of batteries.

"Rodney" wrote in message
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wrote:
I'm a business school student looking at the market feasibility of
introducing a 2-10HP electric outboard engine that could be used as
primary propulsion.

Man you must have some major batteries for HP like that, equal to what
would go into a golf cart

This product would be introduced by a major player

Is a major company actually looking at doing this,, or is this just a
school "what if" project , or have you invented such a motor, and "hope"
to license it ?


in the industry within the next few years. I would like to hear your
reactions and get your thoughts on whether or not this would be an
attractive product. I would also like to know how you see this product
being used once it is introduced.

The simplicity of small light weight gas engines, that you just add gas
to, is going to be very hard to over come. You won't capture even 1% of
that market, but who knows there might be tree huggers that would buy
enough of them to keep a small company going, Of course they already
have electrics for small boats, that just use one battery or two, these
motors are light weight, and up to 2 HP



--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com