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Electric Boat Costs 40–50€ to Cross Baltic Sea, vs 750€ Refueling Gas Boat
(cleantechnica.com)
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Isn't this massively misleading? Comparing the fuel consumption to a chase boat that is not a hydrofoil, and blaming the efficiency on the fact that it is an EV?
A sail boat does the same distance for free
I actually would have typed that into my comment too, but i have no knowledge of how much slower a wind powered boat would travel upwind or how dependent performance would be on wind. I totally understand the need for mechanically powered transportation instead of using wind. My comment is mainly targeted at the misleading comparison.
Exactly. Hydrofoils have a bunch of downsides (more expensive to buy and maintain, don't work in shallow water, don't work with big waves, etc), so it's not like the average boat owner can simply switch to a hydrofoil boat. It's a cool solution if it works in your particular area, but they're not a drop-in replacement.