All Market Intelligence articles – Page 29
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Battery Technologies
Scientists smash battery energy density record
The best energy density of modern lithium-ion batteries is around 300Wh/kg, but a team of scientists in Beijing has recently set a record of just over 700Wh/kg. This opens a whole new set of possibilities for transport, especially for aviation and marine.
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News
IBEX keynote: Economist predicts US recession in 2024 to be short-lived
Connor Lokar, senior economist with ITR Economics, tells IBEX the boating industry should use the slowdown to prepare for recovery in 2025
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News
US boating industry largely unchanged, but can serve as unifying example
NMMA president highlights importance of individual advocacy for the issues facing the boating industry at annual IBEX address
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Remote monitoring
How telemetry is transforming the art of boatbuilding
Mantracourt’s new wireless data gathering system is helping streamline the production process
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Green Technologies
Harnessing robotics to improve sustainability
What if you could solve the environmental challenges of keeping hulls clean, efficient and free from potentially invasive species without using antifouling coatings at all? That is the mission of Australian robotics start-up, Hullbot. Kim Hollamby speaks with CEO and co-founder, Tom Loefler, to learn about the future potential for ...
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News
Heesen: Global high-end boating “in a dip” but order books nicely fill the gap
CEO Arthur Brouwer delivers global state-of-the-industry address in Monaco
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News
Trump says Biden trying to “bludgeon” boating industry
The twice-impeached former US President addresses campaign rally in the state of Carolina
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News
Twin Disc marine business key to future growth across all markets
US firm’s pleasure craft business to be driven by hybrid diesel-electric systems
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News
US auto workers strike could impact marine engine supply
Volvo Penta, Correct Craft’s Pleasurecraft Engine Group and Ilmor, along with countless smaller engine marinisers, rely on GM blocks
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Boat Autonomy
Boat autonomy project paves way for leisure yacht applications
Orca AI and MTI collaboration brings future a step closer
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News
Italian marine industry reports record growth for 2022
Revenues up 20% to €7.33bn compared to the previous year
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News
French boat registrations expand in H1 2023
The French industry association foresees the market could cool down in the second half of this year
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Italy
Expo Alert – power to the people
The biggest names in the electrical sector will convene on Italy next week
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USA
Can AI transform boat building?
The widespread availability and plummeting cost of artificial intelligence platforms represent an opportunity for boat builders and component manufacturers alike to achieve significant cost savings and greater operational efficiencies
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News
Raymarine signs major OEM supply deal
New partnership with Hanse represents latest chapter in long history of OEM endorsements for Raymarine
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Italy
Second World Yachting Sustainability Forum announced for Genoa show
Key stakeholders gather to debate best roadmap to harness full potential of electric and alternative fuels
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Foiling
How the latest drone technology is transforming fly-by-wire foiling
The same Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) technology found in drones and aviation autopilots is now allowing boat builders to create customised foiling models with a very high level of autonomous control.
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Electrifcation
Electric Summit – could two fledgling schemes in Europe turbocharge the electric boat industry?
It was fitting that the first Electric Summit should take place in Werder, Brandenburg, close to the capital Berlin.
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USA
Goodbye ICE? Not so fast
New sustainable fuel options and emissions control technologies are keeping internal combustion engines competitive in the battle for green propulsion supremacy
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Asia Pacific
Autonomous Boating: Is the leisure marine industry ready for self-driving boats?
New technology enabling fully autonomous navigation has the potential to significantly disrupt the recreational boating industry – not in the distant future, but perhaps within months