Enter: Inflatable kayaks. (While most collapsible kayaks are inflatable, there are a few others that use frames and folds instead of air; some are good, some are more cumbersome than convenient.) ...

Making those folding boats compatible with an electric drive took a little extra engineering, given that a collapsible kayak is a much different form factor from the average motor boat ...

Inflatables are still, by far, the main way to collapse a boat down. Rafts, inflatable kayaks (duckies), and even stand-up paddleboards (SUPs) have taken advantage of improvements in materials ...