That boat was an agile-handling rig for sure. However, I think the best application I have run to date was a 39-foot SeaVee with pod-drives. The 390 with Volvo 600 IPS drives was absolutely one of the ...

I traveled to Krossholmen, Sweden, where Volvo Penta maintains a test facility housing ... IPS 15 fills the slot between the smallest IPS 10 and the larger IPS 20 drive. The IPS pod range can now mate ...

Volvo Penta has launched a new fully electric IPS marine propulsion range, with five drive trains, built on its Volvo Penta ...

Volvo Penta’s complementary IPS pod drive, which was also revealed at the show, has been upgraded to match the higher power of the engine. The new D13-1000 sees Volvo Penta move into the 1000hp marine ...

Carolina custom builders seem to have embraced azipod-drive technology more enthusiastically than many production companies, and Freedom Boatworks dove in with its 56, sporting three Volvo IPS drives ...

Volvo Penta announced plans to release a new electric marine propulsion system based on its IPS platform, with the first ...

The propeller wash is parallel with the bottom of the boat, so that all the power developed drives ... Volvo Penta IPS comes in a range of 10 models, from IPS350 to IPS1200, with steerable pods ...

Volvo Penta’s IPS drive system celebrated a decade in production ... the first quadruple Volvo Penta IPS pods installed in commercial boats — a fleet of transfer vessels managed by Njord ...

The Volvo Inboard Performance System (IPS) system has had a dramatic impact on the way boats are designed, driven and perform. Instead of the traditional shaft drive, IPS employs a pair of pods hung ...

instead of just offering it as an ‘option’, to maximise the performance and economy benefits of the forward-facing pod drive, Formula’s research and development team worked with Volvo technicians from ...

It didn't come from a highly-prestigious shipyard, but it made waves as the largest yacht to feature four Volvo Penta IPS pods. Most of ... which the owner could drive by himself.

The other advantages of the Volvo IPS system (in which the 900 hp engines sit directly over the rotating pods under the hull) are additional interior space and better maneuverability. Save the Sea ...