Norway placed the biggest order of its kind—20 electric hydrofoil ferries using ~300–350 kWh NMC packs on standard DC fast chargers. Hydrofoils cut energy use ~80%, so smaller batteries win. Not brute force electrification—efficiency flips the equation. #Bettrification #EVs
Norway just ordered 20 'flying' electric ferries in historic deal
Norway is doubling down on electric maritime transport in a big way, placing an order for 20 of Candela’s P-12...
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April 10, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Norway placed the biggest order of its kind—20 electric hydrofoil ferries using ~300–350 kWh NMC packs on standard DC fast chargers. Hydrofoils cut energy use ~80%, so smaller batteries win. Not brute force electrification—efficiency flips the equation. #Bettrification #EVs
Electric Hydrofoils Are Intriguing. Electric Catamarans Are Scaling
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Electric Hydrofoils Are Intriguing. Electric Catamarans Are Scaling - CleanTechnica
Incat’s large electric catamarans show how ferry electrification can scale, while hydrofoils remain smaller, passenger-only, and route-specific.
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April 19, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Electric Hydrofoils Are Intriguing. Electric Catamarans Are Scaling
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Battery Electric Vehicles are beginning to clean & transform marine transportation. Hydrofoil, catamaran, and monohull designs provide use cases across a wide range of applications. 🧪💡🔌☀️💨💧🔋 cleantechnica.com/2026/04/16/e...
Electric Hydrofoils Are Intriguing. Electric Catamarans Are Scaling - CleanTechnica
Incat’s large electric catamarans show how ferry electrification can scale, while hydrofoils remain smaller, passenger-only, and route-specific.
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April 25, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Battery Electric Vehicles are beginning to clean & transform marine transportation. Hydrofoil, catamaran, and monohull designs provide use cases across a wide range of applications. 🧪💡🔌☀️💨💧🔋 cleantechnica.com/2026/04/16/e...
You know what would solve this mess???
Hydrofoils.
Hydrofoils.
March 11, 2026 at 8:58 PM
You know what would solve this mess???
Hydrofoils.
Hydrofoils.
A mute swan uses its webbed feet as hydrofoils to brake at 55 km/h , the same membrane that powers its swim becomes a precision brake on landing.
July 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
A mute swan uses its webbed feet as hydrofoils to brake at 55 km/h , the same membrane that powers its swim becomes a precision brake on landing.
Of kitchen cake and cedar shakes
Of waterfalls and yellow snakes
Of earthen dams and hydrofoils
Of watching water 'til it boils
Of waterfalls and yellow snakes
Of earthen dams and hydrofoils
Of watching water 'til it boils
September 30, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Of kitchen cake and cedar shakes
Of waterfalls and yellow snakes
Of earthen dams and hydrofoils
Of watching water 'til it boils
Of waterfalls and yellow snakes
Of earthen dams and hydrofoils
Of watching water 'til it boils
Some real "what if" shenanigans flowing from this. I was pondering something fast for torpedo boats. Common late victorian era torpedo boats were so called "Thornycroft-type" You know what Thornycroft was also experimenting with in 1900? Hydrofoils. Imagine this with a spar torpedo.
August 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Some real "what if" shenanigans flowing from this. I was pondering something fast for torpedo boats. Common late victorian era torpedo boats were so called "Thornycroft-type" You know what Thornycroft was also experimenting with in 1900? Hydrofoils. Imagine this with a spar torpedo.
Fast Hydrofoils, Floating Logs, & Canada’s Ferry Electrification Challenge
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Fast Hydrofoils, Floating Logs, & Canada’s Ferry Electrification Challenge - CleanTechnica
Canada’s ferry electrification is real, but Vancouver’s hydrofoil to Gibsons faces hard limits from BC waters, floating logs, whales, and route economics.
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April 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Fast Hydrofoils, Floating Logs, & Canada’s Ferry Electrification Challenge
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In a different era for the aerospace conglomerate, Boeing built hydrofoils that once skimmed across Puget Sound.
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February 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
In a different era for the aerospace conglomerate, Boeing built hydrofoils that once skimmed across Puget Sound.
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Electric Hydrofoils Are Intriguing. Electric Catamarans Are Scaling - CleanTechnica
Incat’s large electric catamarans show how ferry electrification can scale, while hydrofoils remain smaller, passenger-only, and route-specific.
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April 24, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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Everything is better with hydrofoils, I agree
March 12, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Everything is better with hydrofoils, I agree
In 1968, Canada launched the HMCS Bras d'Or. She was an experimental ship that became the fastest warship ever built.
Capable of traveling at 63 knots (117 km/h), her trial program was abruptly cancelled only three years later.
Let's learn more about this ship :)
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Capable of traveling at 63 knots (117 km/h), her trial program was abruptly cancelled only three years later.
Let's learn more about this ship :)
🧵1/10
January 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In 1968, Canada launched the HMCS Bras d'Or. She was an experimental ship that became the fastest warship ever built.
Capable of traveling at 63 knots (117 km/h), her trial program was abruptly cancelled only three years later.
Let's learn more about this ship :)
🧵1/10
Capable of traveling at 63 knots (117 km/h), her trial program was abruptly cancelled only three years later.
Let's learn more about this ship :)
🧵1/10
It's east to see how his aesthetic grew out of and evolved from his earlier paintings of ships and naval vessels. (3/n)
August 13, 2026 at 2:19 PM
It's east to see how his aesthetic grew out of and evolved from his earlier paintings of ships and naval vessels. (3/n)
down by the bay
where the hydrofoils go
where the hydrofoils go
October 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
down by the bay
where the hydrofoils go
where the hydrofoils go
hydrofoils. definitely.
May 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
hydrofoils. definitely.
March 12, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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Capitalist hydrofoils strike back! (Part 2)
This Liquid Highway video succinctly recaps the history of Thames ferries from 1900 on, with the Denny D2 starting at 1.43, and showing a number of the hydrofoils described in Part 1 of this series on...
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Amazing, lol. Honestly, I get that. There's so much going on in this movie, from jetpacks to mink gloves, from body doubles to hydrofoils. It's great vibes tho.
December 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Amazing, lol. Honestly, I get that. There's so much going on in this movie, from jetpacks to mink gloves, from body doubles to hydrofoils. It's great vibes tho.
Electric hydrofoils are quiet, emission-free and cheap to run. Proponents believe they could shift traffic from clogged roads to underused waterways. Some cities are putting those claims to the test econ.st/45XzBLd
Photo: Candela
Photo: Candela
February 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Electric hydrofoils are quiet, emission-free and cheap to run. Proponents believe they could shift traffic from clogged roads to underused waterways. Some cities are putting those claims to the test econ.st/45XzBLd
Photo: Candela
Photo: Candela
oh hell yeah we get to ride hydrofoils to these little islands I wonder what's going on th- oh.
March 12, 2026 at 12:04 AM
oh hell yeah we get to ride hydrofoils to these little islands I wonder what's going on th- oh.
On this day in 1919, a hydrofoil designed by Alexader Graham Bell, his wife Mabel and F.W. Casey Baldwin set a water speed record of 114 km/h on Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia. Bell began experiments in hydrofoils a decade earlier. The speed record stood for a year.
September 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
On this day in 1919, a hydrofoil designed by Alexader Graham Bell, his wife Mabel and F.W. Casey Baldwin set a water speed record of 114 km/h on Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia. Bell began experiments in hydrofoils a decade earlier. The speed record stood for a year.
Fluid dynamics are freaky. Hydrofoils!
April 24, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Fluid dynamics are freaky. Hydrofoils!
while we are looking at cursed Grumman Goose derivatives, please enjoy a Goose on hydrofoils: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yolg...
Seaplane History -Goose
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January 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
while we are looking at cursed Grumman Goose derivatives, please enjoy a Goose on hydrofoils: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yolg...