[verum ago]

(Added emphasis is mine)

Great news guys! Washington has a ferry capable of running of battery power!

...It just doesn't have any way of charging those batteries except its onboard diesels, and won't for at least 4 years, and that's according to those who have an interest in fudging the timetable. It was supposed to early next year, but just California's high speed rail, I'm gonna classify their timeline as "maybe eventually".

$133,000,000 for a ship that can run on batteries, but has no charger. Heck, the charging system doesn't even have a valid design yet.

So, in summary:

The lede:
Washington’s first plug-in ferry will begin shuttling cars and passengers across Puget Sound by the end of next week.

Reality:
there's nothing to plug it into, and they don't even have a design for it!

[mass55th]

"$133,000,000 for a ship that can run on batteries, but has no charger."

What could go wrong? And I bet some politicians and their big donors got a cut of that money.

[GOPJ]

$133,000,000 for a ship that can run on batteries, but has no charger.

There are no words...

[verum ago]

Oh yeah, almost forgot. Just gonna leave this here:

Ontario's electric ferries are still running on diesel, and costs are adding up

They "converted" 7 years ago...

[PAR35]

Suggestion - let electric cars ride for free, and hook up their batteries to the engines. Then have tow trucks to tow the cars to charging stations, and charge them $75.00 per tow.

[Leaning Right]

Any idea when the batteries will catch on fire, and the ferry will sink? The article doesn’t say.

Side point: Submarines used to run on battery power when submerged. But those boats were designed and run by serious adults. That’s almost certainly not the case here.

[doc maverick]

Hopefully, the batteries won’t blow up.
Puget Sound is not warm. You have to wear a suit to go scuba diving up there even in summer and the water is cold and dark.

[KamperKen]

I really enjoy the renewable energy porn and there’s no shortage of it just like there’s no shortage of the not very bright and ignorant politicians and “environmentalists” that push it.

And we all know they’re ‘played’ by the grifters but we tax payers have to pay that bill.

[Billthedrill]

The bad news: you’re stuck in the middle of Puget Sound waiting for the solar panels to recharge the batteries. The worse news: it’s raining. Welcome to the Pacific Northwest.

[Mariner]

What happens when you get a battery fire on a ferry?

Thousands and thousands of pounds of battery.

[alternatives?]

It is like a train engine except it’s hauling a lot of expensive batteries.

[BobL]

In before the TG!

[decal]

And imagine an EV catching fire while ON the ferry - break out the weenies!

[BobL]

What I like about hybrid ferries is that when you step on the brake, say for a red light or going downhill, the batteries recharge. That should save them a lot of carbon emission.

[Rinnwald]

“Washington’s fifty-fourth diesel-electric ferry” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

[Robwin]

Bob “The “Grandmother Slayer” Ferguson.

[Paladin2]

Sounds dangerous unless it comes with regular tug.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

They’re copying BC Ferries. They have four ‘Island class’ hybrid ferries, yet no place to plug them in! They are running on diesel until the infrastructure is built!

Does one have to stooped, or on dope, to live on the West Coast?

[DennisR]

They had better have 24 hour security for the cables. They will have to be so big that the druggies will steal them and sell them for pennies on the dollar. 🙄

[cherry]

On the east side,we have been promised a north/south freeway for near 50 yrs..but we get zilch...yet anything in seattle area gets built pronto.

[SkyDancer]

Yep, on board diesels to generate electricity to charge the batteries that run the ship. How environmentally cool is that? Our gas tax for the Climate Commitment Act must be going for that, possibly, maybe, dunno.