Torqeedo
About
About Torqeedo
Torqeedo was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Wessling, Germany. Yamaha Motor completed its acquisition of the company in 2024, adding electric marine propulsion to its broader mobility portfolio. Torqeedo develops outboards, inboards, batteries, chargers, controls and integrated electric or hybrid drive systems across a wide power range.
The company is relevant to marine robotics because autonomy platforms still depend on propulsion, energy storage and control hardware engineered for long operating cycles and harsh environments. Seasats is a named downstream user of Torqeedo propulsion. That makes Torqeedo an enabling subsystem supplier rather than an autonomous-vessel builder: it provides the drive architecture while customers integrate navigation, mission software and payloads.
Operations
Facilities & manufacturing
- Facility
2026-08-11 - Torqeedo reports more than 150 employees across three locations and operations in more than 100 countries. - Torqeedo company operating footprint
Source
Operating use
- Operating use
2025-05-23 - The 15-metre NOVA vessel began Rhine operations with two Deep Blue 50i motors, four Deep Blue Batteries 80 and Torqeedo power-management hardware supporting autonomous navigation research. - NOVA research vessel - Port of Duisburg and Rhine/Ruhr canals
Source
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Deep Ocean Engineering
Outbound - robotic motion components - Deep Ocean Engineering Phantom I-1650 incorporates two Torqeedo thrusters
Source - Seafloor Systems
Outbound - robotic motion components - Seafloor Systems HydroCat-550 incorporates two electric Torqeedo outboards
Source - Deep Ocean Engineering
Outbound - robotic motion components - Deep Ocean Engineering Phantom H-1750 incorporates two Torqeedo thrusters
Source - Seasats
Outbound - robotic motion components - Seasats Lightfish uses a Torqeedo Travel 1103 electric drive
Source
Team
- Heiko Vietmeier - Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Timeline
Events
- 2025-05-23 - Deployment - Torqeedo propulsion enters service on the autonomous research vessel NOVA
Two 50 kW Deep Blue 50i motors draw energy from four Deep Blue Batteries 80 for propulsion and onboard loads. A dedicated low-voltage circuit supplies the autonomous navigation system, instruments and lighting from the high-voltage propulsion system. Coupled System Management Units and an OEM display interface expose powertrain data for scientific analysis and monitoring.
Source - 2024-04-03 - Acquisition - Yamaha Motor completes acquisition of Torqeedo
Yamaha purchased all Torqeedo shares on 3 April 2024, acquiring 100% of the voting interests. The cash consideration was EUR77.4 million, reported as JPY12.643 billion in Yamaha Motor's financial statements. Torqeedo's electric propulsion portfolio, patents, R&D capability and production resources became part of Yamaha's Marine CASE strategy.
Source
Context
Comparable profiles
- Rim Drive Technology
stack adjacency - Marine Robotics Component Supplier
- Nortek
stack adjacency - Marine Robotics Component Supplier
- Teledyne Marine
stack adjacency - Marine Robotics Component Supplier
- Innomar Technologie
stack adjacency - Marine Robotics Component Supplier
- Mastervolt
stack adjacency - Marine Robotics Component Supplier
- Fischer Panda
stack adjacency - Marine Robotics Component Supplier
- Furuno
stack adjacency - Marine Robotics Component Supplier
Context tags
- Autonomous marine data collection - Capability - Verified against official company materials and existing source-backed supply relationships during full-profile enrichment.
- Marine surface operations - Customer Environment - Verified against official company materials and existing source-backed supply relationships during full-profile enrichment.
- Marine robotics component supplier - Stack Layer - Verified against official company materials and existing source-backed supply relationships during full-profile enrichment.