That’s also one of the reasons that electric boats have often had either notoriously short ranges or exceedingly high prices from massive battery packs required to provide decent range.īut to avoid that problem altogether, Candela’s boats simply remove water from the equation, or at least fly directly above it. That should make sense, as shoving heavy water out of the way at high speed isn’t a job for the weary. Gliding above the waves, the C-8 flies on a pair of computer-controlled hydrofoils that automatically raise, lower and make fine tune adjustments over 100 times per second to create an ultra smooth ride.Ĭandela’s engineers, many of whom hail from the aircraft and drone industry, designed the boat to significantly reduce the energy required to cruise at speed while spending a day on the water.Ī typical 28-foot boat of similar size to the C-8 uses around 15 times more energy than a family car. The Candela C-8’s groundbreaking design was officially unveiled last August ahead of its production, showing off the planned engineering and design of the flying electric speedboat.
The new model will be formally launched a week from today at the Salone di Nautico Boat Show in Venice, Italy. That popular model has already spread across Europe and the US as well, but is soon to have its position as the company’s flagship model usurped by Candela’s next-generation C-8.
It’s not a strange sight to see silent flying boats zipping around the Stockholm Archipelago, where Swedish boatmaker Candela produces its C-7 hydrofoil electric speedboats.
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