candela's C-8 electric hydrofoil boat performs its first flight

candela c-8 successfully completes its first flight

close to one and a half years after intense development, watercraft maker candela releases a video of the first flight of its C-8 electric hydrofoil boat. smushing the waters outside the swedish tech company’s headquarters at lidingö, stockholm, the vehicle celebrates the future of boats. traveling silently above the water surface on computer-guided underwater wings —known as hydrofoils— candela’s craft utilizes 80% less energy than conventional boats. an incredible number that surely comes with the unique combination of long-range all-electric and high speed.

‘after 16 months of intense development, we took off from the cold waters outside our headquarters in stockholm. this successful first flight brings us one step closer to serial production. we’ll now perform a rigorous flight test campaign to ensure reliability and maturity. to say that we’re happy and proud would be an understatement.’video stills by ‘hydrofoiling electric boat candela C-8’s maiden flight’

with its candela C-8, the swedish tech company (found here) set high standards for waterborne transportation. behind this development, there is a team of 70 people working intensely on this boat transforming something that a year ago was nothing but sketches on a piece of paper. the vessel is designed to take off from the water surface after reaching a speed of 16 knots (18.4 mph, 29.6 km/h). as the video proves the liftoff succeeds smoothly and flew noiselessly.

read more about candela C-8 in our previous article here.

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