Polestar's 69kWh battery pack works well in a car; here's how it goes in an electric boat 🛥
For obvious reasons, you won’t have heard much about electric boats in the recent past. But as the same obstacles to widespread adoption are being overcome in the world of battery electric vehicles, so electric boats are getting there as well - and in a rather more testing environment. Candela is a Swedish company that only makes electric boats, and has been doing so since 2014; now it’s entered a deal with Polestar to use its batteries on the water.
The Candela C-8 follows the C-7, which in 2020 was the best-selling electric boat in Europe. The new ‘powered by Polestar’ C-8 replaces the original model, using the 69kWh battery pack and DC charging as the single motor Standard range. It’s reckoned that in the boat that translates to a cruising speed of 22 knots and a range of 57 nautical miles.
Obviously the boat can’t make use of Polestar’s vehicle motors, and instead uses the Candela C-POD direct drive pod motor to turn energy from the battery into forward motion. The hydrofoils are used at high speed to reduce consumption, and are also excellent for showing off.
Gustav Hasselskog, CEO and founder of Candela, said of his company’s latest creation: “With batteries from Polestar, the Candela C-8 becomes the first electric vessel that can travel to destinations that were previously only reachable by combustion engine boats. The Candela C-8 powered by Polestar marks a significant breakthrough for electrification at sea.” Goodness knows it’s needed, too; Candela reckons an average 7.5m petrol boat uses 15 times more fuel than a family car.
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