I just rode the ferry to Vaxholm today (an island in the Stockholm archipelago) and smelling those diesel fumes and seeing all that smoke in the air the whole 1.5 hour trip was just such a huge contrast compared to the relatively clean air of the city. This tech looks amazing and is sure to make a positive impact on air quality around the ferry terminals.
congrats on the P-12 design concepts and engineering. We are [finally] entering into the sustainable marine power world. Lets hope more manufacturers offer similar leadership and allow the price point to be acceptable for mass market acceptance. Kudos Candela!
Perhaps you could add a forward sonar on the foil to avoid collisions with objects under water? There are some really good new types on the market now. I have read about collisions being a problem for many hydrofoils before. Also, you could add a small razor blade that can move along the foil edge to cut away seaweed or other stuff that gets stuck and increases drag.@@CandelaSpeedBoat
Would be interesting to hear these boats' noise levels. Both as a passenger and as a resident on shore. Also, could the system be scaled up to carry as many passengers as a current commuter boat?
Looks like one of the more realistic projects out there, that could actually succeed commercially. Will you have a demonstrator at Barcelona for the America's Cup ? It looks like that will be a huge window to the world for foiling boats and electrification.
Congrats to the Candela team. Really amazing to finally see it at this form factor which is truly inspiring for the future of urban transport in cities with waterways. I’m following the company since you started, and I’m glad you’re not focusing on boat racing, as others do with similar tech in the meantime. 👏👏👏
How much swell and chop (different things) can it operate and foil in AND what is the draft at rest. Do the foils fold to reduce draft? I’m specifically talking a Sydney Harbour (where I work) water taxi. Perhaps you’ve seen the start of the Sydney- Hobart yacht race for example of conditions. What is the range? Out of interest, will it be available as an owner operated day boat with luxury fitout, kitchen, lounges, rear cockpit etc…? Cheers, Michael 🇦🇺
Make it 2500 first. (A plan for the most feasable 25 and 250 globally could be of great help as well. And of course Elon and Xi could be interested to be amongst the potential multipliers too.)
Wow! That's swift as an arrow skimming the waterways! Candela P-12 redefines the comfort level of ferry travel now! Best Wishes, Gustav & Candela Team!
Hydrofoils were in fashion during the 70s. Many were built 7n Norway and sold to South East Asia. As seen on James Bond. I wonder why they disappeared 🤔
This is an important combination of battery technology and hydrofoil technology. Neither are new and this is certainly not the first time it is fossil fuel free 0:59 (says the sailor). It is relatively delicate looking compared to the hydrofoils connecting the Greek Islands. Are there any plans to make one that can leave protected waters?
Algo parecido que já viajei, foram os aerobarcos, que faziam o trajeto, Rio x Niterói e faziam a distância em 1/3 do tempo das barcas. Más a viajem não era nada confortável, a pressa era inimiga do conforto! Cadeiras de fibra, cinto de segurança e pancadas parecidas com um ônibus passando em uma via esburacada sem amortecedores. kkkk. Depois vieram os Catamarãs, juntando o. útil ao agradável, velocidade do Aerobarcos com o conforto de uma barca, poltronas acolchoadas, vista panorâmica, ar refrigerado e muito mais. Top!
Hydrofoil is a technology that is known for more than a century and hydrofoil boats were mass-produced in Soviet Union (more than 400 boats produced). They even serve regular passenger lines around St. Petersburg nowadays. So the technology itself is well-known, tried and understood. And yet it didn't gain any significant adoption for several reasons. @CandelaSpeedBoat Which problems do you believe this model addresses better compared to its predecessors that you believe it will be successful as passenger boat?
Почему присутствует кабрирование аппарата на крыле ? Не рассматривался вами вопрос смещения крыла вперед ? Движение будет мореходное и остойчивое ...Винты ниже плоскости крыла показали себя лучше .... Успехов ...
"Ferries are by far the most polluting form of transportation there is..." Is this true? Is a ferry more polluting per KM per passengar than a diesel car or airplane?
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inland waters (rivers lakes) no need for this kind of transportation due to ability to utilize MANY land based vehicles (cars, buses, trains), we do need watercraft for sea/ocean. so lets build sea worthy
But how is it in rough water? If hydrofoil craft were so great gas or oil powered hydrofoil craft would have taken over already, and many attempts have already been made. Efficiencies should apply no matter the power source. Just another attempt to separate suckers from their money.
It’s better in rough water, at least under conditions where ferries are active. It’s just another place where cheap oil has limited innovation. You don’t need the efficiency on a ICE, but if the increase in efficiency makes an electric boat possible then things get interesting. The downside of hydrofoil craft is the deep draft, but for ferries on fixed routes it isn’t really an issue.
Don't let perfect be the enemy of the good. Slap a diesel motor on there and you can do longer range transport. It would be cheaper and less carbon intensive than travel by plane.
This makes no sense. Having to wait long times to charge will kill transit cycle times. I guess the company's "solution" to that is for the client to just buy lots of extra boats to have on standby.
It makes a ton of sense. It takes an hour to charge and can go 50 nautical miles. It fits right into ferry usage patterns and offers a premium ride experience.
Let’s get a bunch of soft voiced Euro Geeks to make a promo video for a boat that can’t do anything well. Candela, it’s Euro-nonsense for what a waste of time and money.
What happens to the passengers when the battery catches fire, since it must be that they are sitting right on top of a huge battery system. Sustainable?? If it takes 65K miles for an EV car to work off the dirty production of the batteries, how long will it take for this boat with the bigger battery?
Boat fires are always dangerous, electric or fossile. The hydrofoils makes the boat use much less energy compared to a regular boat. As the motors are located in the water (pods) there is also less transmission losses. Candela claims 95% energy savings compared to normal boat and estimates 0.1 kWh per km and passenger. A modern electric train is around half of that. For more there is a phD thesis about that on kth.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1681728/FULLTEXT01.pdf
in the thesis, the break-even (GWP) for the smaller C-8 boat is around 50-70 hours of use (This include emissions from battery manufacture). If its similar with the bigger p12, and the boat is used as shuttle 4 hours per day, the answer to your question is likely: Less than a month. (Boats tend to cunsume a s*itload of petrol) [added from the study . "To put the tons of mitigated CO2-eqivalents into perspective, it only takes 1.5 months for the new scenario to breakeven with the manufacturing and end of life for the three P-12´s added to the fleet." ]
Old myths die hard. Batteries don't catch fire, most of the time. Petrol, on the other hand, often does. And yes, BEVs have a higher environmental *production* footprint than ICE cars. How is that relevant? If product A has a higher LIFETIME environmental footprint than product B, should you continue making product A just because product B has a higher initial footprint? That's not logical, unless you mean we should stop making and using vehicles in general.
Hi Steve, let's have the whole story shall we? The carbon cost difference between an EV and a Golf sized petrol car is 7000 miles. So just 6 months more driving and all things are equal. On a vehicle to vehicle basis petrol and diesel cars catch fire 32 times more often than an EV. There you go, facts are cool, you should try them.
Sounds more like you are thinking about how the offset was calculated 10 years ago. Fortunatley fossile cars in cars are about 60 times more likely to catch fire than electrical cars... Boats should be no different, thus an electric boat is about 60 times safer (and rising with newer even safer batteries) than petrol boats in a fire perspective. The Sun and the likes unfortunatley still keeps trying to spread misinformation.. Thumbs up for Candela, Polestar and Northvolt (and all other companies keeping up the progress of stopping the earths poles from melting)
