Smart Water Mobility by Candela: Unlocking the potential of water

Water is Earth’s greatest infrastructure, flexible and inexpensive, with an enormous potential to transport people around our waterborne communities. With innovation, we can both unlock that potential AND safeguard its value for future use and generations.

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[dieseldog]

I'm all aboard with this propulsion system!!

[jimj]

The problem with batteries is that they are so heavy. It would be better to use a small battery for peak power during take-off and otherwise just use a gasoline generator. That way the boat would be much lighter and use less energy, thus negating the higher cost of gasoline. Charging at a a dock typically costs around 0.5 euro per kWh. That is not far from gasoline... So the total cost of ownership might be cheaper with a solution like that. Of course if the goal is zero emissions, then batteries and hydrogen fuel cells are the only solutions.