WaterCar is one of a handful of boat manufacturers that build their vehicles from stainless steel and aluminum.
Unlike fiberglass and plastic boats, aluminum means no molds and no constraints—just like WaterCar, redefining what boating is.
Most boat builders don’t have the ability to build with these challenging materials. But that’s why we do it. We use marine-grade alloys and even some industrial grade metals. The same class of materials trusted in fighter jets, offshore oil rigs, and space shuttles.
We’ve recruited skilled fabricators and technicians from around the world to bring their expertise to WaterCar. Our background includes decades in the vehicle repair industry, where we successfully repaired and returned nearly half a million vehicles to the road. Just as important, we are boaters at heart, with extensive marine experience that guides every design decision we make.
At the core of the WaterCar EV is an advanced high-strength aluminum unibody structure — a design proven in the world’s most trusted vehicles and reimagined by WaterCar in advanced alloys. By borrowing this proven approach and adapting it with modern fabrication methods, we’ve created a structure that delivers exceptional strength, durability, and performance. It’s one of the key reasons the WaterCar EV is a success — stable and confident on the road, yet strong and agile on the water.
Backed by nearly 50 years of combined experience in the automotive and marine industries, our aluminum design isn’t just tough — it’s engineered with 28 patented features that enhance strength, safety, and performance. This isn’t your average boat — it’s in a class of its own.
Engineered to be one of the Safest & Strongest Boats of its size Ever Built!
We use marine-grade aluminum on all water-contact surfaces of the hull to ensure exceptional durability. For maximum strength, the inner structure is built from aircraft-grade aluminum, and the entire assembly is epoxy-coated for added protection.
This provides:
Strength: a stout and robust aluminum unibody boat design.
Weight: high strength to weight ratio for performance on both land and water.
Safety: NMMA and US Coast Guard certified, closed cell foam is used to fill nearly every open compartment under the floor creating a virtually unsinkable boat. (Don’t try this at home: to pass the stringent coat guard certification we had to load the boat with newly 16,000 lbs!)
Durability: this isn’t a fiberglass or cheap plastic boat. We go way beyond using stainless steel and either epoxy-coated or anodized aluminum throughout. Some boat builders skip the epoxy or anodizing to save costs, but we don’t cut corners. It’s more expensive, but way tougher.