![]() Whereas many marine internal combustion engines require maintenance every 100 hours of operation or less, the C-POD can go for 4,000 hours without any maintenance. The C-8’s C-POD motor provides 50 kW (67 hp) in a small unit and offers a nearly unlimited product lifetime due to the incredibly low maintenance of the sealed drive. The C-8 is designed to offer the same luxury experience that many traditional speedboat owners have come to expect (that includes a large sun bed, cabin that sleeps two adults and two kids, marine bathroom and shower, etc), yet in a package that is more fun to use and requires less maintenance.Īnd lower maintenance is a big deal, as any boat owner will know. Cruising atĢ0 knots, the C-8 can fly for 50 nautical miles on its 44 kWh battery – 2-3 times longer thanĬonventional electric speedboats with 300% bigger batteries.”īut the real comparison isn’t against other electric boats, it’s against boats powered by old-fashioned internal combustion engines. ![]() Has a 4-to-1 lift-to-drag ratio, while the Candela C-8 has a 20-to-1 lift advantage. “What makes hydrofoils so effective is the dramatic reduction in drag. Or to let Candela explain it with hard data: That means the boat can get by with a much smaller and less expensive battery, or go farther on the same-sized battery as a conventional electric boat. The hydrofoil flight doesn’t just make the ride smoother and quieter, it also reduces the energy requirement by around 80%. The boat is designed to take off from the surface of the water on its pair of hydrofoils after reaching a speed of 16 knots, which is exactly what happened during the maiden flight.Īs you can see in the video below, the boat rises effortlessly out of the water thanks to its computer-controlled hydrofoils that make hundreds of micro-adjustments per second to keep the boat stable. Pre-order holders will still have to wait a few more months for full-sclae production to begin, but in the meantime they can at least watch the prototype doing what it does best: flying. With the C-8’s maiden voyage now completed, those deliveries are one step closer. ![]() ![]() That means the company has a pile of orders to fulfill. That’s because the C-8 has already become the best-selling electric speed boat in Europe (and it actually outsells most internal combustion engine-powered boats in its premium category). It was only publicly announced as an upcoming model last August.Ī year ago it was nothing more than sketches on paper.īut no one expects a flying electric boat company to move slow.Īnd Candela has delivered with impressive progress, despite a worldwide pandemic and what I can only assume has not been prime boating weather in Sweden over the last few months.īut Candela can’t slow down, either. The Candela C-8 has had a whirlwind development schedule so far, speeding through its design process to today’s announcement of a maiden flight. But today’s announcement marks new ground as the company’s upcoming Candela C-8 takes its maiden voyage before serial production begins later this year. ![]() Swedish electric boat manufacturer Candela is no stranger to taking flight in its hydrofoil electric boats. ![]()
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