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title: ""When Gustav Hasselskog founded Candela in 2014 with the intention of…"
date: 2019-08-10
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships shared a link.
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# "When Gustav Hasselskog founded Candela in 2014 with the intention of…

*August 10, 2019 · Facebook*

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\"When Gustav Hasselskog founded Candela in 2014 with the intention of creating an electric boat matching the range and speed of a gas burner, he knew it would be challenging. So he put together a crack team of people with backgrounds in hydrodynamics (with 6 America's Cup wins), flight control electronics, structural composite engineering and the software used for dynamic modelling.\
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\...in late 2016 \[Candela\] completed and tested a 7.5 metre prototype that achieved a range of 50 nautical miles per charge running at a speed of 25 knots -- comparing favourably to ICE boats of similar size.\"\
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