Candela Cabin Cruiser Concept Takes Flight!
The new Voyager electric hydrofoil adds cabin cruiser comfort to the company’s flight plan.
The new Voyager electric hydrofoil adds cabin cruiser comfort to the company’s flight plan.
Go to the Cannes boat show this September to test drive a Candela C-8 electric boat.
Do electric boats dream of solid-state batteries? Who knows, but the Candela-BMW mashup drops a hint, as does the US Navy.
Candela has announced its new C-8 electric boat, noting that this is the iPhone moment for this sector. The hydrofoiling speedboat offers long all-electric range and high speed. It has been in development for 16 months. It’s the company’s most ordered electric boat ever and had its first flight outside … [continued]
There you have it: By land, by sea and in the air. From tiny one wheel skate boards to giant ferry boats and all kinds of aircraft and everything in between, everything is going electric.
Candela already builds one of the wildest, transformer-iest speed boats we’ve ever seen, and we’re huge fans. So, when the company reached out to us a few days ago with pictures of a thing that looked like a cross between a Mark 48 torpedo and a Tomahawk cruise missile, we … [continued]
Water is a drag, literally! The same cohesive properties that make water wet also cause a lot of drag on the underside of a boat’s hull, but a hydrofoil uses an underwater wing to produce lift, just like an airplane, hoisting the boat up and out of the water for … [continued]
Electric boats are starting to bloom. There are a lot of different types of boats, and thus a lot of different powertrains that need to be electrified.