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Vessev has been turning heads with its beautiful electric hydrofoiling boats in New Zealand and it will soon be turning heads in Northern Ireland as it has just received its first international order for an 11-person VS-9 from an eco tourism resort.
As CEO Eric Laakmann says, boats are basically snow ploughs, so it is not just about adding more power or more batteries to get through the water; it's about making the boats more efficient and taking the hull out of the water. Reducing the surface area is the solution to that.
The increased efficiency of hydrofoiling means the cost to operate is 90% lower than diesel. And it's a lot more comfortable for the passengers as well. With over 30 million boats in the world, almost all of them running on fossil fuels, there should be many more orders where that came from.
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