E-lixr pivots business to enable unified electric water taxi network [Video]

Young electric water taxi service E-lixr is pivoting its previous business strategy to become the US’s first operator of all-electric vessels. It now seeks to support new and existing marine fleet operators with a unified platform.

E-lixr is a new company founded by Sam Payrovi and Nathalie Paiva. Together, they formed ARKHAUS, an innovative new social club on the waters of Miami, which we have covered on Electrek in the past.

For this venture, Payrovi and Paiva recruited the expertise of Aaron Leatherwood, a US Coast Guard licensed chief engineer and retired USCG Commander, who signed on as E-lixr’s director of marine operations.

During that September 2024 business announcement, E-lixr shared that it was “emerging at a crucial time, post-pandemic, as an increase in environmental awareness, urban congestion, and technological advancements have converged to create the ideal conditions for alternative transport solutions.”

Here, we learned that E-lixr’s initial transport solutions would include electric water taxi services …