History of Electric Pedal Boats

Depending on how you read history, it can be argued that the electric pedal boat has its original roots in the late 19^th century.

In the 1880s and 1890s, there was a brief flurry of activity in the area of creating electrically powered vehicles.  The world had not yet discovered the true potential of oil and for that reason it was originally thought that electricity would be the fuel that moved people around.  Small boats were part of the craft that had electric engines fitted to them, but most of those attempts did not meet with a whole lot of success.

The first successful electric pedal boat was created in the late 20^th century in the wake of the innovation that occurred in the late 70s in response to the raising of prices by the OPEC oil cartel.  For that reason, electric pedal boats have actually been around a lot longer than most people might initially think.  Nevertheless, work continues to be done on them to this day as there are a number of improvements that are still needed before electric pedal boats can truly be thought of as an everyday good purchase.

A lot of that innovation has actually taken place in this decade, with things like battery power upgrades, lightweight endeavors and better charge collectors all contributing towards better electric pedal boats.  As mentioned above however, these innovations do not make the electric pedal boat a done deal.  They are merely waypoints along the road to overall success.