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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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[–] UndulyUnruly@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Here a link without all the targeting and advertising cookie pop up bullshit, without trying to trick you by making the defaults opt-out:

https://tasmaniantimes.com/2025/05/worlds-largest-battery-electric-ship-launched-in-hobart/

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 5 points 21 hours ago

So much room on roof for (solar) activities.

[–] rirus 4 points 1 day ago

"Sets Sail" ;) Could be interesting with solar.

[–] Gamechanger@slrpnk.net 2 points 21 hours 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.