[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!

[smokingfrog]

If it’s a hybrid, it’s going to be running on fossil fuel.

[norwaypinesavage]

It would be far safer and more efficient (less diesel fuel) if they ran the electric motors directly from the diesel generators and didn’t waste all the fuel hauling, charging, and cycling the batteries. It would be much safer, too. How would you like to ride while stuck in your car in your car on a ferry that is charging Lion batteries.

[Mlheureux]

News flash! Water and batteries don’t mix.

[DownInFlames]

Looking for the Bee to fool me.

[Bernard]

I had a hybrid Fusion that I really liked. Got rid of it because I switched back to an SUV - climbing in and out of a conventional sedan was getting to be a problem for my wife and me. Great car with great mileage.

Wanted to buy a similar hybrid Escape, but Ford decided to not build one. Too bad; it would have been a real-world solution.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Calm down maga-ites, it’s got 52 oars just in case.

(Low heeled 40+ yo office ladies breath sigh of relief)