• Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org
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      I took an electric ferry on a visit to Norway. I didn’t know it was electric until we started moving, dead silent–I had been fully prepared for the smell and sound of a massive diesel motor.

      Looking back at the dock I saw the big mother cable that was used for charging the thing. Absolutely bonkers. And that was small potatoes compared to this one.

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        That is wild… is there still the general overall lowfrequency humming of the ship while underway or does the electric engine not even really “vibrate” the ship?

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          With the caveat that it’s been a minute since I was there, at low speed there was absolutely nothing. I looked up and saw we were moving; until that moment, I didn’t even realize we were underway.

          I vaguely recall some noise and vibration at speed, but it was relatively quite quiet.