Mercury Marine has been making world-class outboards and sterndrives for more than 75 years. We started back in 1939 in a small machine shop in Wisconsin, and we've grown into the largest builder of marine propulsion systems in the world. Number one on the water. And we didn't get there by sitting still. Ours is a long history of firsts and foremosts. A history of constant improvements, as we've set and reset the standards for reliable, trouble-free performance; superior power and torque; low emission; and low fuel consumption. And nobody has given boaters more ways to propel their specific boats, activities, and pursuits reliably, comfortably, and efficiently across the water.
I seen these on How2Live and these motors are beast, he just bought a new MTI with 450s and he's changing them out for the new 500s just to do a breakfast in NYC and dinner in Miami, it's going to be an epic run, and a true test for the new 500R's.
Build it to a turn key standard ready for installation and operation in rough saltwater environment, supply accessories like outdrives, do reliability tests, do emissions compliance tests, warranty it, and afterwards, we speak again if the Verado is so overpriced.
Man they did it I was waiting for mec to come out with a lite 25 are 30 and the 30 is even lite and that’s wat I’m getting I’m glad I did not get one yet
I'm all for this tech. Great to see Mercury and Yamaha getting into the small electric outboard markets to give Torqeedo and ePropulsion some competition. A ways out, but looking forward to the day when 50, 75 and 115hp class electrics are available for reasonable price, battery weight and range. The Merc Avator will be great for for small planing boats, or non-planing speeds on larger boats such as pontoons, sailboats, or kickers for fishing boats. While it will be some time before my main outboard is electric, simply due to range and cost of a high hp electric motor and the associated battery size needed, I do love electric for trolling in my fishing boat. My current setup on my fishing boat is bow mount trolling motor with two 200Ah LiFePO4 batteries. Already had the bow mount and the cost of the batteries were less than 9.9 kicker I sold. Weight in boat is more balanced and planes better with the 96lbs of batteries in mid-boat compartment rather than 110lb kicker hanging on the back. For range, I have 25 hours of all electric trolling at 2mph or 13 hours at 2.5mph or 9 hours at 3mph. If I want to troll multiple days at 3mph and don't have access to charge up the batteries overnight, I have the option to troll with the main and steer via the bow mount with it on low setting that gives me about about 80 hours of battery. Originally, I was going to replace my ICE kicker with an electric kicker, but after running this bow mount with huge lithium batteries, no need for one.
