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Electric propulsion specialist Pure Watercraft has officially shared the final design of its Pure Pontoon Boat – the company’s first vessel designed in house. Powered by EV batteries provided ...
The Pure Pontoon electric boat by Pure Watercraft draws a crowd during a demonstration at the Mount Baker Rowing & Sailing Center on Lake Washington in Seattle in April 2023. (GeekWire File Photo ...
As GM Authority previously reported back in January 2022, General Motors and Pure Watercraft – of which GM owns a 25 percent stake – unveiled an all-new battery-electric pontoon boat at CES ...
A hopeful entrant in the emerging market of electric watercraft is out of action and being sold for parts. Pure Watercraft was founded in 2011 with the intention of replacing gas-based outboard ...
BROOKE COUNTY, W.Va. — Pure Watercraft has closed its doors in Beech Bottom. This comes 2 years after it announced its plans to take over the 80,000 square-foot Beech Bottom Industrial Park to ...
Officials celebrated in June 2023 plans by Pure Watercraft to locate an electric pontoon boat manufacturing facility in the Northern Panhandle, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and demonstration of ...
BROOKE COUNTY, W.Va. — In the wake of the Pure Watercraft plant closure in Beech Bottom, elected officials hope they can quell any questions or concerns from the local community. "I think it's a ...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Pure Watercraft is coming to West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle to build battery-powered pontoon boats. Andy Rebele, founder and CEO of Pure Watercraft ...
Founded in 2011, Pure Watercraft raised $37 million and attracted backing from General Motors, which acquired a 25% stake in the company in November 2021 in a cash and payment-in-kind stake that ...
With prices ranging from $21,600 for just propulsion to nearly $100,000 for a full boat, Pure’s products were arguably no more affordable up front than gas options, but they were certainly a lot ...
Pure Watercraft was founded in 2011 with the intention of replacing gas-based outboard motors with fully electric ones. GM even took a 25% stake in Pure as part of its big investment in electric ...