Name the Indias first Solar Powered ferry which has won 1st Gussies electric boat awards (Gustave Trouve Award).

2020

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Name the India’s first Solar Powered ferry which has won 1st ‘Gussies’ electric boat awards (’Gustave Trouve Award).

A	Vamsi
B	Aditya
C	Danush
D	Jeevan

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Aditya.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aditya, India’s first solar ferry, was built by NavAlt Solar & Electric Boats, for Kerala State Water Transport Department. This ferry is the first commercially viable mode of transport powered by solar energy in India and the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Aditya, India’s first solar-powered ferry boat, was awarded the Gustave Trouve Award for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating. The low cost passenger ferry operating in Vemabanad backwaters won the award after competing against five other finalists from Europe in the public transport category.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was launched in November 2016 and started its services in 2017. It is India’s first solar-powered ferry and the largest solar-powered boat. It is operated by the Kerala State Water Transport Department (KSWTD) and built by Navalt Solar and Electric Boats, Kochi.

Detailed explanation-5: -1838 Professor Moritz Jacobi in Russia experiments with a 24’ long, electrically propelled boat. 1880 Gustav Trouve, a Paris chemist, invents a removable electrical Aussenborder.

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