#CANDELA ELECTRIC BOAT FREE#

All settings onboard, from turning on the cooler to the navigation, is controlled by the boat’s 15.4.-inch touchscreen or remotely via an app. The spacious front cabin is equipped with beds for two adults and two children, and features a marine toilet. It can reach a top speed of 30 knots, and can cruise for over two hours at 20 knotsĬapable of being configured with a hard top or open cockpit, the C-8 seats eight passengers in the large, comfortable cockpit. Once you’ve experienced flying above the surface in absolute silence, it’s hard to go back.‘ Boaters no longer must contend with vomit-inducing pitching and slamming, or the deafening roar from revving outboard engines.

‘ It’s a far superior experience to old-school hulls with combustion engines. ‘ With the C-8, we set out to make the first no-compromise electric boat with maximum range and speed, but we’ve ended up with a new and improved class of craft, which also happens to be electric,‘ said Gustav Hasselskog, Candela’s founder and CEO. The craft itself is powered by the electric C-POD motor with 55kW. It uses a variety of sensors to adjust the hydrofoils in real time to counteract the waves, wind and different loads. Taking two years of development, the engineers and designers at Candela created C-Controller, an onboard computer that balances the craft in the water. The design envisions the future of sustainable waterborne travel as it silently and efficiently flies above the waves It can also be driven as a traditional planing hull, although with less efficiency. The fins can be retracted for entering shallow harbors or for ease when trailering. We believe that the faster the world stops relying on fossil fuels and instead moves towards a zero-emission future, the better. We re-think efficiency in waterborne transport to radically push the performance boundaries of electric boats and ships. The hydrofoils enable the craft to fly above the waves, reducing water friction by 80%. Candela’s ultimate purpose is to speed up the transition to fossil fuel-free lakes and oceans. To achieve this, the boat is the Swedish brand’s first production day cruiser equipped with their electric hydrofoil system. It can reach a top speed of 30 knots, and can cruise for over two hours at 20 knots. The watercraft, 28 foot long and made with a 100% carbon fiber hull, offers sailors long range at sea using electric. The Candela C-8 debuts its high speed yet efficient performance at CES 2023. The production model of the Candela C-8 debuts at CES 2023įirst production with electric hydrofoils The debut brings this future another step closer to reality, after significant investment in the Swedish manufacturers in 2021. The design envisions the future of sustainable waterborne travel as it silently flies above the waves with maximum efficiency. Whether flying or sailing, Candela brings the production version of its electric hydrofoil C-8 watercraft to CES 2023 in Las Vegas. This will be a pivotal moment for electric boats.Production model of candela C-8 debuts at CES 2023 After the first ride last week, it’s clear we’re right on target. “It’s just a smooth, silent, and fun ride. “Candela C-8 is designed to do away with all the bad aspects of powerboating: no slamming, no harmful wake, no pollution, no maintenance, no noise, and no more expensive trips to the fuel dock,” Candela’s head of PR, Mikael Mahlberg told Clean Technica. RELATED: Scientists Develop Breakthrough Method for Recycling Industrial Plastics at Room Temperature in 20 Minutes

The boat sleeps two kids and two adults, while the above deck cockpit has room for eight people.

#CANDELA ELECTRIC BOAT FREE#

“It’s basically free boating, and hassle-free boating, for the first time in history,” says company founder Gustav Hasselskog. The C-POD motor is rated for 3,000 hours of service-free use, which is equivalent to 50–100 years of a person’s average recreational boating time, reports Clean Technica, adding that after being unveiled in February, its 100 preorders mean it outsold almost all other conventional speed boats of its size. Capable of being mass produced at 400 units per year, the C-8 prices in at €290,000, equal or in some cases lower than other fossil-fuel speed boats in its size class of 28 feet (8.5 meters). MORE: Solar Panels Built From Waste Crops Can Make Energy Without Direct LightĬandela has designed C-8 to fit right into the industry options.

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