Catalogue 2010 Torqeedo outboards run for up to 16 nautical miles on the energy equivalent to 20 grams of gasoline. In other words: our motors run for 100 kilometers on the energy equivalent to 70 grams of gasoline. Recent developments in various fields of technology such as electronics, material, and battery technology, have provided great potential for improving electric drives: Unrivalled technology Unrivalled efficiency Catalogue 2010 2 Why doesn‘t everybody use electric propulsion?