FIRST ALL-ELECTRIC CAR FERRY WORKING IN NORWAY

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The world's first all-electric drive car ferry began operating on a Norwegian fjord in January, making 34 20-minute runs each day, and recharging its batteries from the local power grid. The 265′×68′ catamaran, dubbed ZeroCat by builder Fjellstrand, is named Ampere. Odd Moen, chief of ship solution sales for Siemens Norway, said the idea of an electric ferry had been around for a long time but was limited by available technology. That began to change in recent years, with better lithium ion batteries, and adapting the system to a relatively low-power rural power grid.