Ten years after the Greenline 33 Hybrid, the technologies and the time seemed right for a full-electric boat—a fully-planing, fast vessel that improved upon the 33’s slow displacement speed. 

Torqeedo offered BMW i3 Lithium 40 kWh batteries, and 60 kW outboard electric motors. J&J designed a boat around these new green technologies, a 10 m planing boat with fine low-drag lines and a range of versions, from open day-boat to enclosed cabin with fully appointed deck.  The full-electric version featured 2 x 40 kWh batteries and 2 x 60 kW electric motors, all from Torqeedo, and managed to plane at 16 knots for nearly one hour. Fossil fuel-alternatives were offered with up to twin 300 HP Mercury Verados. 

The electric version had some drawbacks of the sort typically associated with new technologies applied too early: the electric motors were much noisier than the 300 HP fossil outboards, and the full-electric boat’s price was prohibitive. Clients could live with a relatively small range and long charging times, but the package was priced out of the market. On the other hand, with the speed and agility of a fighter jet, Greenline NEO won the hearts of the test pilots—and the fossil-pro pulsed NEO was greeted with huge enthusiasm by the media and clients alike. 

Greenline NEO was a special boat. She was also the first boat to feature the outboard-vessel lifting aft platform, S.A.F.E., a J&J patented innovation. NEO won the BIG Design award in 2019, but as Greenline decided to only build inboard-powered hybrid vessels instead of all-electric boats, the NEO tooling and project were sold to Bavaria and became Bavaria VIDA.