Candela’s boats are the first electric hydrofoil boats in production, and more significantly they are long-range and high-speed electric boats. The electric hydrofoil boats require 80% less energy and can achieve long-range and high-speed as a result.
In 2013, company founder Gustav Hasselskog owned a Bertram powerboat with a V8, but he noted the high fuel costs and observed that conventional boats in the 25-foot class use around 15 times more energy/fuel than a conventional car to attain cruise...