Battery powered Thames Clipper boats arriving in London

The first of a fleet of new river passenger boats has arrived in London, and they are Europe’s first hybrid high speed passenger ferries that can also run on batteries.The battery power is for use while the boats are in central London to reduce emissions, and then they switch to a vegetable-based fuel for the rest of the trips, and that is also when the batteries are recharged for their next pass through the centre.Three of the boats, all built in the UK by Wight Shipyard, have been ordere