Candela C-8 French debut will be at the Cannes Yachting Festival in September 2022, but in the meantime the Swedish Company open a test drive center in Cannes.
In this way, Candela’s flying electric craft will spearhead sustainable boating on the French Riviera
The ultra-efficient, foiling Candela C-8 is the first electric daycruiser that offers both long range and high speed. After selling more than 100 units in the US and Europe, Candela is now entering the French market thanks to an exclusive partnership with the leading recreational boat reseller Sud Plaisance. Candela C-8 will make its French debut at the prestigious Cannes Yachting Festival – with the aim to change boating for the better on the Côte d’Azur.
We’re building an electric boat that doesn’t compete with ICE powerboats; it is vastly better. I believe that’s what’s needed to speed up the transition to sustainable boating – says Candela’s CEO and founder Gustav Hasselskog.
From Saint-Tropez to Monaco, speedboats are an integral part of the culture on the French Riviera – but they also emit tons of C02. Conventional V-hull speedboats in the 8-meter size range use 15 times more fuel per kilometer than the average family car, and their motors are some of the least regulated combustion engines on the planet, spewing out particulate matters unrestrained by the catalytic converters and other exhaust control devices that since decades are mandatory on land vehicles.
Other drawbacks of conventional motorboats are the high cost of refueling, high noise, and for the seasick-prone, the constant slamming in waves at high speeds.
All this is set to change for the better.
Hailed by Forbes as the Tesla of the Seas, the C-8 has been developed by the Swedish marine tech company Candela, and uses computer-guided hydrofoils to “fly” above the water’s surface. The foils make C-8 about 400% more efficient than conventional motorboats thanks to vastly reduced friction. At 20 knots, Candela C-8 uses only about 25 hp of power, which makes its lithium-ion battery last for over 2 hours of cruising, or about 50 nautical miles of range – more than two times the endurance of any other electric speedboat on the market.
And once foilborne, the C-8 has entirely new advantages over conventional vessels. When flying, the Candela’s onboard Flight controller computer automatically regulates the angle of attack of the hydrofoils 100 times per second to account for wind, waves and different loads. The result is an automatically stable craft that doesn’t slam, roll or pitch in waves.
Source: Candela
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