Record: Electric ferry Candela P-12 covers 160 nautical miles
Candela shows that the electric ferry P-12 can also cover longer distances. The battery is recharged in just under an hour.
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Swedish boat builder Candela has set a record with its production electric hydrofoil passenger ferry P-12, covering a distance of 160 nautical miles (approximately 296 km) from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Drammen/Oslo, Norway. With this journey, Candela has proven that the use of small, electric passenger ships does not have to be limited to shorter, fixed routes. However, the boat made intermediate stops to recharge during the journey. Only standard fast chargers were used.
Electric ferries are mainly used on fixed routes, mostly for commuter services. This allows operators to better control the power consumption of these passenger ships and immediately recharge the batteries at the respective piers or even exchange them with complex battery-swapping systems. The journey can then continue after a short time.
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With the journey between Gothenburg and Oslo, Candela wanted to show that its electric ferries are also suitable for longer trips. This is made possible by low-power consumption. Candela uses hydrofoil technology for this purpose: computer-controlled underwater wings that lift the hull out of the water at a certain speed so that the boat simply glides over the water on the wings. The resistance caused by the hull in the water is then eliminated, and power consumption is reduced by about 80 percent compared to conventional boats. In addition, the travel speed increases to over 20 knots (about 37 km/h).
On the journey between Gothenburg and Oslo, the Candela P-12 achieved travel speeds of more than 25 knots (over 46 km/h). At 25 knots, the P-12 has a range of about 40 nautical miles (approx. 74 km). On test drives, it reached more than 30 knots. The P-12 is therefore the fastest production electric passenger ship in the world.
Charging stops
On the 160-nautical-mile journey (the video mistakenly mentions 150 nautical miles), Candela's electric ferry had to make several intermediate stops to recharge the battery. For this, it used the existing DC fast-charging network, such as Aqua SuperPower stations. The 354 kWh battery of the Candela P-12 can be recharged within an hour using such fast chargers. Where fixed charging stations are not available, a mobile charging system can be used. For demonstration purposes, the crew used a portable 360 kW DC charger connected to a mobile battery system and transported by an electric Ford pickup F-150 Lightning.
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The advantage of the P-12, in addition to quiet, emission-free driving, lies in the area of charging, as it is not necessarily dependent on expensive battery-swapping systems to be competitive in ferry services or on longer routes. On the 160-nautical-mile route, the Candela P-12 consumed electricity for about 200 euros. Candela does not provide exact details on consumption.
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