{"id":28563,"date":"2024-01-18T16:33:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T15:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/?p=28563"},"modified":"2025-11-26T16:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T15:03:52","slug":"sealegs-goes-electric-amphibious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/sealegs-goes-electric-amphibious\/","title":{"rendered":"Sealegs Goes Electric Amphibious"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bdn_aFDbbu4?si=EhsJo_qai4UA7Op7\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inevitable Electric Amphibious<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this video you can sea and hear the thrill of &#8220;emission-free&#8221;, quiet beach gliding with the electrically driven Sealegs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I guess it was only a matter of time. They devised an electric solution to power the amphibious Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m not entirely sure why they refer to this as cutting-edge amphibious technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I understand, of course, that adjustments needed to be made. However, the technology for electric propelling a vehicle on land already exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some claim that an electric motor is eco-friendly and has zero emissions. Nonetheless, it actually all comes down to the batteries. The <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.be\/scholar?hl=nl&amp;as_sdt=0%2C5&amp;q=producing+batteries+environmental+impact+&amp;btnG=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">production of batteries<\/a> is environmentally unfriendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve posted <a href=\"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/category\/amphibious\/\">more videos<\/a> about amphibious RIBs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This video was published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SealegsAmphibiousCraft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Sealegs International YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sealegs-Goes-Electric-Amphibious-road.webp\" alt=\"Sealegs Goes Electric Amphibious road @ RIBs ONLY - Home of the Rigid Inflatable Boat\" class=\"wp-image-28576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sealegs-Goes-Electric-Amphibious-road.webp 853w, https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sealegs-Goes-Electric-Amphibious-road-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sealegs-Goes-Electric-Amphibious-road-768x431.webp 768w, https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sealegs-Goes-Electric-Amphibious-road-654x367.webp 654w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sealegs Goes Electric Amphibious road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inevitable Electric Amphibious In this video you can sea and hear the thrill of &#8220;emission-free&#8221;, quiet beach gliding with the electrically driven Sealegs. I guess it was only a matter of time. They devised an electric solution to power the amphibious Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB). I&#8217;m not entirely sure why they refer to this as cutting-edge amphibious technology. I understand,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32,33,371,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sealegs","category-amphibious","category-electric","category-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}