{"id":14617,"date":"2024-03-19T04:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T04:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1404861"},"modified":"2024-03-19T04:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T04:00:17","slug":"how-hydrofoil-boat-startup-candela-took-a-wild-idea-and-made-it-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=14617","title":{"rendered":"How hydrofoil boat startup Candela took a wild idea and made it fly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 1906, inventor Enrico Forlanini launched the first hydrofoil boat on <\/span>Lake Maggiore<\/span> in the Italian alps. His contemporary innovator Alexander Bell later said a ride on Forlanini\u2019s invention was \u201cas smooth as flying.\u201d <\/span>
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<\/span>Fast forward a little over a century to 2014, when Gustav Hasselskog quit his corporate job because he was bored. Seeking a new challenge, he came up with the idea for his own flying boat, powered by electricity. People thought he was crazy \u2014 he\u2019s gone on to prove them wrong.    <\/span><\/p>\n

Swedish startup<\/a> Candela has since built hundreds of hydrofoil boats, grown its team to over 220, and opened a factory in Stockholm the size of a football field. Now, it\u2019s looking to branch out from recreational boating into a much bigger market: public transportation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Candela recently started series production of an electric passenger ferry designed to whizz commuters around coastal cities faster and more sustainably than previously possible. <\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>Gustav Hasselskog, founder and CEO of Candela. Credit: Candela<\/figcaption>