Revealed: Why Auckland’s first hybrid electric ferry is tracing slow circles at night, making a racket - Tech Insider

Revealed: Why Auckland’s first hybrid electric ferry is tracing slow circles at night, making a racket - Tech Insider

Chris KeallTechnology Editor/Senior Business Writer·NZ Herald·28 Oct, 2026 04:00 PM7 mins to read‌Herald NOW’s Ryan Bridge speaks to NZ Herald Technology Editor Chris Keall about electric ferry trials ahead of their rollout in Auckland. Herald NOWIt’s not the brave new world of quiet, clean and cheap-to-run electric ferries that Aucklanders were sold on. “Auckland Transport, your hybrid ferry that slowly circles the inner harbour - empty - with its diesel engines revving at maximum (to charge the electric part ...) is obnoxiously loud for all

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