{"id":273960,"date":"2023-12-15T18:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=273960"},"modified":"2023-12-15T18:00:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:30:34","slug":"barracuda-indias-fastest-solar-electric-boat-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/barracuda-indias-fastest-solar-electric-boat-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Barracuda: India\u2019s fastest\u2019 solar-electric boat launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>Barracuda: India\u2019s fastest\u2019 solar-electric boat launched<\/b><b>\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published in<\/span><b> \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 15th December 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s fastest solar-electric boat named Barracuda has been launched.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What is Barracuda?<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Specifications<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Details<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>What is it<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is India\u2019s fastest solar-electric boat<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Developed jointly by<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navalt Solar and Electric Boats and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Named after<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A swift, long fish named Barracuda<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Key Features<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) The boat can attain a top speed of 12 knots and has a range of 7 hours in a single charge.<br \/>\n2) The vessel harnesses twin 50 kW electric motors, a marine-grade LFP battery, and 6 kW solar power.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3) It is an eco-friendly vessel.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4) It produces no noise and vibrations.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5) It can accommodate upto 12 passengers and cargo.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Deployed at<\/b><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The boat will be deployed at Mazagon Dock at the Mumbai dock under the name <\/span><b>Saur Sakthi.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Environment and Security<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cBarracuda: India\u2019s fastest\u2019 solar-electric boat launched\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 15th December 2023 Why in the News? India\u2019s fastest solar-electric boat named Barracuda has been launched. What is Barracuda? Specifications Details What is it It is India\u2019s fastest solar-electric boat Developed jointly by Navalt Solar and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/barracuda-indias-fastest-solar-electric-boat-launched\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Barracuda: India\u2019s fastest\u2019 solar-electric boat launched<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,1244],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-273960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-internal-security","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":39,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702674397},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273960\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}