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World's Largest Electric Ship Sets Sail From Tasmania (www.ecowatch.com)
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A 426-foot-long electric ship, called China Zorrilla after the famous actress from Uruguay, launched from Tasmania this week.

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[–] Gamechanger@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

I haven't found additional information but 40 MWh is just huge. A typical electric car has 60-100 kWh of batteries. This fully loaded ship would cover more than 20 years of electricity consumption of the average sigle person household in my country.