This Electric Powerboat Travels Above The Water

A Swedish company launches one of the first models of an all-electric powerboat.

By James Gaines
Mar 15, 2022 6:00 PMMar 15, 2022 5:04 PM
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(Inside Science) -- The boat appeared normal in the video until it didn't. A sleek white powerboat, about 30 feet long, skimmed along the top of the water like one would expect until the boat's hull began to rise bodily out of the water, revealing three stilt-like legs.

This was an early run of one of the newest all-electric powerboats, the Swedish company Candela's new C-8. The pleasure boating industry, like the car industry, is starting to invest in electrification and weaning itself off fossil fuels. And by designing their boats to use hydrofoils -- essentially underwater wings -- that lift most of the boat out of the water, Candela hopes they can become the flagship of this nascent movement.

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