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BMW Just Revealed An Electric Hydrofoil Boat At the Cannes Film Festival

18 May 2023 | Abstracted from Autoblog

'The Icon'...is a collaboration between BMW and boat maker TYDE... six battery packs for energy, totaling 240 kWh. This energy is put to use via two 134-horsepower electric motors that BMW says will allow the boat to hit a maximum speed of 30 knots...The Icon can travel approximately 62 miles on a full charge...the boat is a hydrofoil design...reduces the energy required to clip through the water by by up to 80% versus a conventional boat design."

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