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Candela
About us
Designed and made in Sweden
Rethinking how the world moves on water
We design and build electric hydrofoil craft that are faster, more efficient, and cleaner than anything else on the water. At Candela, we’re on a mission to eliminate fossil fuels from lakes and oceans. By combining aerospace-inspired technology with Scandinavian design, we’ve created vessels that don’t just match combustion boats, they outperform them.
What drives us
The values steering everything we build.
Mission
To revolutionize marine transportation by building the world’s most efficient electric boats and ferries using hydrofoil technology, intelligent software, and clean propulsion.
Vision
A world where all marine transport is quiet, clean, and efficiently powered by renewable energy. Where waterways are protected, cities are less congested, and the ocean thrives.
Purpose
To accelerate the transition to fossil fuel-free lakes and oceans. The health of our planet can’t wait. A sustainable future isn’t a luxury; it’s a responsibility we must embrace today.
From one idea to a global team
In 2014, our founder, Gustav Hasselskog, set out to answer a bold question: Why can’t electric boats be better than fossil-fuel ones?
That vision grew into Candela, a company powered by world-class talent in hydrodynamics, control theory, machine learning, structural engineering, and more. Today, our growing team of over 200 people from more than 20 nationalities continues to innovate from all over the world. What unites us? A deep belief in science, sustainability, and doing good for the planet and all its species.
The horizon
Urban waterways reimagined
Our latest innovation, the P-12, is the world’s first long-range, high-speed electric hydrofoil ferry. It uses 80% less energy than traditional vessels. By rethinking how cities use their waterways, the P-12 enables quiet, zero-emission public transport, connecting communities without harming the planet.
The Candela P-12 “Nova”, is already in service in Stockholm, delivering a fast, silent, and emission-free commute across the city’s waterways. It’s a real-world glimpse of what the future of urban mobility can look like when advanced technology is designed to serve both people and the environment.
Candela Tech Talks
Explore Candela’s cutting-edge technology in our Tech Talks series, where experts break down the C-Pod motor, advanced foiling system, and flight controller that power our electric hydrofoil boats.
Join the movement
Help us electrify water transportation. Whether you’re a passenger, city planner, boat owner, or believer in clean tech, your support moves us closer to a fossil fuel-free marine future. Let’s talk!
Electrification Insiders
Gustav Hasselskog
explains the rationale of
founding Candela.
Questions/Answers
By Gustav Hasselskog
Founder & CEO at Candela
What was the single most significant breakthrough while developing the first boat, the C-7?
To get the control system working. An electric hydrofoil boat is inherently unstable, which means it can’t fly unless a computer continually adjusts the hydrofoils. To develop the sensor suite, hardware and software that create a smooth, stable and safe ride took 5 years of R&D. The first flight was magical.
What do you think is the biggest obstacle left for Candela?
Scaling the production and driving the productions costs down to level of conventional fossil fuel boats is our main challenge. And speeding up production. Candela Seven is the best-selling electric boat on the European market, and we’re currently production constrained, not demand constrained.
What can we expect from Candela in the future?
rWe will continue to lead electrification at sea, launch new models and venture into public transportation. Our P-12 ferry for the city of Stockholm will be a game changer for electric waterborne transportation thanks to its long range, high speed, lack of wake and low costs. In 10 years from now, foiling ferries will be a common sight on our waterways.
What excites you the most about Candela’s products and technologies?
There’s finally is a superior electric alternative to gas-guzzling fossil fuel boats. We’ve made the first no-compromise electric boat: fast, with long-range, and fun to drive. Also, it is 95% cheaper to operate, totally silent, and doesn’t create any wake. So, our hydrofoil technology enables people to explore the planet’s beautiful waterways without harming and polluting these fragile ecosystems. And on a greater scale, we believe our electric hydrofoil technology will play a big part in cutting emissions from shipping. This is a key to reach the UN sustainability goals of reaching zero net emissions by 2050.