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(Image credit: Candela)
(Image credit: Candela)
Swedish electric boat builderCandelasays the C-8’s motor draws 75 kW (100 horsepower) of energy from the battery pack when setting off. But once it has risen out of the water and onto its hydrofoil, only 23 kW (30 hp) is required to travel at 22 mph. Candela says a similarly-sized boat with a conventional hull design would need around 120 kW (160 hp) to push through the water.
The Candela founder added how, with the new DC fast-charging network for boats and the C-8’s range, “you can go from Sweden to Finland in one day, or along the entire French Riviera in a few hours. For a few euros/dollars’ worth of electricity.”
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Providing battery packs to a boat company is a first forPolestar, a fellow Swedish firm, and this move is said to mark the start of a broader partnership with Candela.
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