The concept of implementing lift-generating surfaces in ship design isn't novel. Known primarily as the inventor of the ...

But it will be a vessel for six people, based on a foil.” He explained that the vision is basically an electric scooter ride-sharing scheme but for passenger boats. It’s so people can ...

The Stockholm-based tech company has developed the world’s first electric hydrofoil boats and ships, vessels that fly above the water with an 80% reduction in energy consumption compared to ...

This comes in part from design lessons learned from boats that have competed in ... The post This Electric Hydrofoil Is Currently Being Tested in New Zealand appeared first on InsideHook.

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Fly Tahoe and Sweden-based Candela are working to build this type of electric vessel in the U.S., which would get a boost ...

The hydrofoil design is finding favour with electric boat builders (see BMW and Tyde’s recent one-off, The Icon), thanks to the low drag resistance of the foils that lift the craft out of the water at ...

considerably faster than other electric passenger ferries. It achieves this with carbon fiber hydrofoil wings that lift the boat out of the water, reducing drag. An added benefit is that the ...

The hydrofoil can travel at speeds twice as fast as other electric ferries because of its carbon fiber wings that lift the boat out of the water, reducing drag.