While auto engines are getting smaller and more efficient, marine outboards are packing on the cylinders. A year after introducing the "world's first V12 outboard," Mercury Marine followed up with ...

The first outboard was actually electric (left). The 12-cylinder block for Mercury’s 600-hp Verado shows how far outboard technology has come. World History Archive/Alamy stock photo Once upon a time, ...

Among the exhibitors at a recent Newport International Boat Show was Flux Marine, a startup based right in Rhode Island which showed off its new line of all-electric outboards. After five years of ...

Northern Colorado hosted the world’s first 75 horsepower electric outboard motor during a demonstration at Island Lake in Fort Collins. The motor, the product of ACEL Power, a Vancouver-based company, ...