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Capito, Carmichael ride Pure Watercraft’s electric pontoon boat as part of ribbon cutting

6/9/2023

​​​BEECH BOTTOM, W.Va. — West Virginia Economic Development Secretary Mitch Carmichael took a ride Monday on an electric pontoon boat made by Pure Watercraft Monday and he came away impressed.


“You couldn’t even hear it running,” Carmichael told MetroNews shortly after climbing off the craft following a short trip on the Ohio River. “The pontoon is so smooth. The boat is going to be an incredible success.”

The zero-emission pontoon will be built at a production facility at Beech Bottom Industrial Park in Brooke County. Carmichael joined U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Pure Watercraft officials and others at the ceremonial ribbon cutting ceremony which ended with that boat ride.

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