Nilar batteries power the world’s first supercharged electric ferry
Nilar’s bi-polar Nickel-Metal-Hydrid (NiMH) energy storage represent a new generation of batteries that deliver high power instantly and can be charged very quickly. At the core of the technology lies a safe and robust chemistry without toxic heavy metals. In 2014, these batteries were installed to power the first supercharged electric ferry in the world, called Movitz.Movitz operated for many years as a conventional vessel on a route between Solna Strand and Gamla Stan in Stockholm. During the summer of 2014, the boat was retrofitted as part of a project supported by the Swedish Energy