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This is the world’ s largest electric hydrofoil fleet to date. The P-12 can fully recharge in an hour using standard DC car fast chargers, avoiding the expensive megawattscale charging systems required by conventional electric ferries.

The capability was recently demonstrated during a voyage between Sweden and Norway, when the P-12 completed the longest electric sea journey to date, recharging along the route using a mobile battery system transported by a Ford F-150 Lightning pickup.

By choosing a vessel that can charge with standard DC car chargers, Boreal avoids the environmental and financial cost of building megawattscale infrastructure.

“ Candela P-12 is the only electric passenger vessel that combines longer range with high speed without requiring extensive charging infrastructure. Our investment will enable new high-speed routes both in cities and in rural areas,” says Nikolai.

“ Charging infrastructure is the hidden cost of electrifying conventional vessels,” says Gabriele De Mattia, Project Engineer at Candela and lead engineer for the record-setting voyage.

“ In many cases, building megawattscale chargers – especially where the grid is weak or undeveloped – can cost as much as the vessels themselves. The breakthrough with P-12 is that it is fast to charge and extremely flexible in where it can operate.”

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