The transom-mount electric outboard was shown off without specs, so we don’t know how much power it will provide. But judging by its size, it doesn’t look to be a very high-performance motor.

The new Honda prototype electric outboard motor was designed to work with Honda’s Mobile Power Pack e batteries. The portable battery pack is being tinkered into a fully swappable system.

Honda BF4 Honda Marine The dry weight of each 15-inch Honda portable is claimed to be 59.5 pounds, on par with the ­Yamaha 6 at 60 pounds. Mercury’s 6 hp engine weighs 57 pounds and Suzuki’s DF6 is ...

While Honda isn’t giving up on internal combustion engines, they’re testing a 5 hp (4 kW / 5 PS) electric propulsion system in Japan. The company didn’t go into many specifics, but said the ...