Why a Swedish company is putting WINGS on boats

It looks like a gimmick from a James Bond film, but it’s 100% real. Candela, a company based in Stockholm, is making fully-electric hydrofoil ferries that float not on but above the water. But…why? #hydrofoil #electricboat #PlanetA Credits: Reporter: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann Camera: Marco Borowski Video Editor: Neven Hillebrands Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer, Adam Baheej Adada Factcheck: Jeannette Cwienk Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Read More: Stockholm trial final report (mainly in Swedish): https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:2035543/FULLTEXT01.pdf Full book about hydrofoils from 1990: https://www.foils.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ShipsThatFly.pdf Physics of hydrofoiling: https://web.mit.edu/2.972/www/reports/hydrofoil/hydrofoil.html We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. We'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planet Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:56 Meeting Candela 02:09 Shipping's battery problem 03:14 Taking off 06:23 Back on land 08:56 The hydrofoil factory 12:53 Hydrofoils' potential