This electric ferry uses a very long extension cord

Camera: Peter Sørensen
Runner: Victor Gade

(you can find contact details and social links there too)

[TomScottGo]

I've found a hyper-efficient style over the years: I'm sure there's a lovely twelve-minute documentary to be found in this story too, but this felt like everything that needed to be said!

[daveblack]

Tom Scott is the only YouTuber left that doesn't unnecessarily stretch a 4-minute video into 20 minutes!

[itisjambo]

I love how the cable reel spins. It feels very nostalgic, reminiscent of an old steam-driven paddle boat.

[ermining]

The funny thing is when I was in maritime college years ago, during engineering class a student suggested this, and at the time it's seemed impossible. The teacher a retired chief engineer, laughed and said it was such a dumb idea 🤣

[deeboi]

It blows my mind to think that Tom has been just a few minutes drive away from where I live, making a video about the ferry that my grandad and I used to take so many times. Thank you, Tom.

[janmelsen]

I live a couple of cities over and this is news to me! It is so odd to hear your own miniscule language in a Tom Scott video. Thank you Tom, for visiting even the smaller countries around the world and showing us their hidden gems of technology!

[cthulhucy]

Every day is a good day when Tom uploads a video about a ferry

[carlhidestal]

A fully electric, non cable guided ferry exists between Denmark, Helsingör and Sweden, Helsingborg. It charges between every trip and they built a new substation to power it. When it docks it (was supposed to at least) automatically connect the HV cable using a robotic arm/guider to the ferry and charge before departing again in 20 minutes.

[mughil]

I find it astonishing that you still find new things to talk about each video Tom

[awileksand]

Swedens archipelagos (west and east) are riddled with short passages like this, and I have seen and used line ferrys just like this one for ages. I’m fifty and it feels like a super normal thing and that they have always been there (maybe they were diesels before?). Usually in your films I get to see some strange exotic old tech, so this was fun 😊

[simondamkier]

I live in Denmark. Actually very close to Randers. I have never heard about this. Thank you for covering more of our small country Tom! Love your videos!

[sabinrawr]

Finally! My biggest question about cable-drawn ferries has an answer! I have been wondering about other boats for so long. And now I know. Also, electricity is cool, but somehow I feel it's secondary to learning about slackening the cable!

[o.m.b.demolitionenterprise]

About 1 and a half weeks ago i rode an electric ferry across the Haardangerfjord in norway! It was amazingly modern.

[BjoerNisse]

around 1:12 he says "ren el" which is translated as "clean electricity" but its a homonym and should be translated as "purely/exclusively electricity" but it makes for a fun coincidence

[rickinielsen]

Saw the title and thought: Huh, I know about one of these near me. Turns out it was the same one.
Nice video!

[sovietpowersupereme]

Tom I gotta say you helped me alot, recently I was very sick and in alot of pain so to get my mind off that pain i started watching YouTube videos, but they were either too sparse and the pain came back, or they weren't interesting, and my mind wandered and eventually back to painful reality. your videos were short concise and educational, and I learned alot of stuff while keeping the pain far away from my mind as my sickness progress eventually to where I am now. healing your videos saved me from having to consciously experience alot of pain and I will be forever grateful for that.

[charie]

Tom actually has to have teleportation powers to get to these places, script, record edit and post these weekly

[baitboy]

I would love to work in environmental engineering in places like Denmark, they have implemented so many practical green solutions, unlike many countries, where these concepts remain a concept and are never implemented.

[BelviGER]

That makes total sense, just surprised they didn't go the extra step of having the ferry be dragged along by stationary winches on each side

[AmusementLabs]

It's like someone at a meeting went "we can't just plug a giant cord in at the shore, that's ridiculous."
"Well....why can't we?"
"I----"