'Electric is the future': Kiwi boat builders ride wave as first battery-powered ferry service nears (Stuff)

Wellington Harbour will soon boast the Southern Hemisphere’s first battery-powered commuter ferry, as Kiwi firms make waves in the electric marine revolution. Todd Niall reports.

Jeremy Ward seems almost surprised to be within weeks of putting a new electric ferry into service in the capital.

The 135-seat carbon-fibre-hulled catamaran should join East by West Ferries​’ cross-harbour run by Christmas, the most tangible achievement so far for New Zealand’s local marine industry as the world goes electric.