I'm more fascinated by the question of whether it scales up... imagine much smaller and more efficient electric engines for cruise liners and cargo ships.

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RogerL 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

The article and the press release it was derived from says nothing about "more efficient", just smaller.

https://yasa.com/news/yasa-smashes-own-unofficial-power-dens...

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jacquesm 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

On a cargo ship the last thing you worry about is weight. To the point that they add ballast.

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ApolloFortyNine 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Your average cruiseship already has an electric engine, they just have massive generators onboard to power it.

	▲	lazide 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Notably, it’s probably also not very efficient, and eventually they’ll likely upgrade with some of the improvements from these types of motors to save on fuel.