MF Ampere (fully electric car ferry)
MF Ampere (transbordador de coches totalmente eléctrico)
- Date
- 2015 · confidence high
- Place
- Lavik, Vestland, Norway
- Credited to
- Fjellstrand, Siemens and Norled
- Field
- Movement
What it is
An aluminium-hulled car ferry running solely on batteries, charged at the quay in about ten minutes. It serves the fjord crossing between Lavik and Oppedal with no direct emissions.
What it led to
- electric ferries in Norway and elsewhere
- fast-charging marine batteries
- lower emissions in coastal transport