History of Electric Wave Runners

The history of the electric wave runner is an interesting history.  In fact, it is probably the history that all of the other electric vehicles would like to have.  In the history of the electric wave runner, you have a single vehicle snatching a large amount of market share in a seemingly impossibly short amount of time.

The history of the electric wave runner starts in the current decade.  Considering wave runners in general are not really that old as their own distinct group of water vehicle, this is perhaps not that surprising.  What might be surprising however is that the electrification of wave runners seemed to catch fire in a figurative sense almost immediately from the time that it was first invented.

In many ways, wave runners are similar to other single or two-person water craft in the sense that they are the perfect platform for the start of electrification.  And indeed, it has been found possible to electrify a wave runner without losing a whole lot of range.  Some performance is lost, but when the better electric technology (and lighter batteries) comes along in the future, it is expected that the electric wave runner will be able to quickly recoup that disadvantage and come tearing back to grab even more market share from its combustive counterpart.

So what does the future hold for the electric wave runner?  Once again, this is similar to the conundrum of the other electric vehicles. Developing a cheap and light storage battery is what needs to happen next.