Born from a desire to make boats go faster, today the hydrofoil is being revived as a cleaner form of water transport by helping boats rise above the waves. It would have made an unusual sight in ...

Maritime enthusiasts will get a chance to experience a new kind of boating at a pop-up event in Montauk next week. Navier, a San Francisco-based manufacturer of zero-emission electric marine vessels, ...

STOCKHOLM — During the golden age for ferries in the 1800s, steamboats dotted the shorelines of coastal cities to transport passengers. Then cars and trains took over. Now, driven by congestion and ...

New technology can help vessels glide quickly over water in less time and with fewer emissions than their diesel counterparts. By Christina Anderson Reporting from Stockholm During the golden age for ...

Sweden is the home of Volvo and Polestar, but the Scandinavian country is electrifying more than cars. On Tuesday, an electric hydrofoil ferry service began operating in Stockholm, shuttling commuters ...

Just over three months after coming out of stealth mode, young electric hydrofoil boat builder Vessev has shared a closer look at its flagship vessel – the VS–9. Today, the boatbuilder shared fresh ...

It’s not until the fourth time I fall into the choppy, rolling waves at the mouth of San Francisco Bay, directly below the Golden Gate Bridge, that I realize I probably never should have gone this far ...

Vessev VS-9 electric hydrofoil. The 10-seater vessel is being tested and will go into commercial service later this year through Fullers360 in New Zealand. Once an engineering program lead for the ...

In 1906, inventor Enrico Forlanini launched the first hydrofoil boat on Lake Maggiore in the Italian alps. His contemporary innovator Alexander Bell later said a ride on Forlanini’s invention was “as ...