The world’s biggest electric ferry

It’s equipped with a massive 4.1 MWh battery (640 packs) and 6 MW of power (four 1.5 MW propellers) with a diesel engine onboard only for emergencies.

The ferry runs between Helsingborg in Sweden and Helsingor in Denmark — just around 4 km (2.5 miles), but it runs a lot, 46 crossings per 24 hours (184 km/114 miles) and up to 17,000 per year.

The energy consumption of the ship is beyond imagination as the 4.1 MWh pack would last only for 3.5 runs (14 km/8.7 miles). However, the crew makes sure that keep the state-of-charge within 40–66% of the battery capacity and there’s a fast charger on each side of the trip so the battery will last longer. It’s expected that the battery will survive some 5 years, maybe more, while the payback period is around 8 years

The number of up to 17,000 partial-charges (85,000 over 5-years) doesn’t tell the whole story as the charging is done at 10 kV and 600 A, which translate to some 6 MW.

It measures 238 meters long (780 ft) and weight 8,414 tonnes. It can carry 7.4 million passengers and 1.9 million vehicles annually. The connection is fully automated and takes around 45 seconds. Then the ferry charges for usually nine minutes in Sweden and five minutes in Denmark.