The Floating Hotel That Creates More Energy Than It Uses?!
In this episode of the Everything Electric Tech Show, Imogen Bhogal travels to Botswana’s Chobe River to experience the Pangolin Voyager — Africa’s first all-electric, solar-powered luxury houseboat. And yes, we are very aware of just how lucky we were to showcase this particular story! Designed by Guts from Pangolin Photo Safaris, this 35-metre floating hotel can house 20 people and runs entirely on sunshine, powered by 80 solar panels and 240 kWh of onboard batteries. With zero emissions and silent operation, it enables ridiculous proximity to wildlife. Safe to say, it totally blew us away. The Voyager’s propulsion system uses axial flux motors from RAD Propulsion, leveraging its high-torque slow-spinning propellers, and smart data analytics to deliver an ultra-efficient, perfectly spec'ed, whisper quiet cruising experience. This is a really special episode filled with all the usual hallmarks of an Everything Electric Episode - but is also sprinkled with a bigger message that hopefully reminds us all why we care so much about the adoption of clean energy technologies. Enjoy! A huge HUGE thank you to Pangolin Photo Safaris @PangolinWildlife and @RADPropulsion for hosting us. Find out more: 🦒 https://link.pangolinphoto.com/Fully-Charged 🔋 https://radpropulsion.com/ 🎥 Shot and edited by Louis Pascoe for @EverythingElectricShow @fullychargedshow 00:00 You're in for a treat... 01:52 Ad break 02:22 Between Botswana and Namibia 03:36 A new boat on The Chobe 04:50 RAD Propulsion 06:31 Batteries and Solar 08:30 Avoiding the Crocs... 09:04 Two steering wheels?! 10:13 Speccing the smallest battery... 11:20 Namibia - a clean energy powerhouse?! 13:19 The Range is Irrelevant?! 14:34 Silence and hippos!! 16:14 Tank turn! 17:05 Humpback Whales?! 18:50 A scam and pangolins... 21:38 Not my camera... 22:55 Checking in on the solar 24:30 What it's all about Why not come and join us at our next Everything Electric expo: https://everythingelectric.show Check out our sister channel Everything Electric CARS: https://www.youtube.com/@fullychargedshow Support our StopBurningStuff campaign: https://www.patreon.com/STOPBurningStuff Become an Everything Electric Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fullychargedshow Become a YouTube member: use JOIN button above Buy the Fully Charged Guide to Electric Vehicles & Clean Energy : https://buff.ly/2GybGt0 Subscribe for episode alerts and the Everything Electric newsletter: https://fullycharged.show/zap-sign-up/ Visit: https://FullyCharged.Show Find us on X: https://x.com/Everyth1ngElec Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/officialeverythingelectric To partner, exhibit or sponsor at our award-winning expos email: commercial@fullycharged.show Everything Electric FARNBOROUGH - Farnborough International - 11th & 12th October 2025 Everything Electric MELBOURNE - Melbourne Showgrounds 14th, 15th & 16th November 2025 Everything Electric SYDNEY - Sydney Olympic Park 6th, 7th & 8th March 2026 #fullychargedshow #everythingelectricshow #homeenergy #cleanenergy #battery #electriccars #electric-vehicles-uk #everythingelectrictech #botswana #namibia #chobe #pangolin #africa #sustainability #solar #boat #electricboat #CleanEnergy #sustainabletravel #EverythingElectric #solarpower #ecotourism #wildlifeconservation #PangolinVoyager
