[HH] Jamie Hyneman's Electric Outboard Boat Motor

[Tom Metro]

Jamie Hyneman ("Mythbusters") shows off an outboard boat motor that he
converted to electric operation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EV2qq2-Lck

His conversion, including the cost of the used gas motor, ran about
$4500, which he claims compares nicely with the cost of the new gas
motor at $7000. (I didn't know 40 HP outboards ran that expensive.)

The converted motor uses a brushed DC motor and a lithium ion power
source. Anyone know if those are A123 cells?

 -Tom