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Candela的水翼渡轮赌注：电动水翼通勤航线从斯德哥尔摩铺开
斯德哥尔摩的Candela押注水翼可解决电动船的阻力问题；其P-12渡轮现已在斯德哥尔摩公共交通运营，并获孟买、柏林和沙特阿拉伯订单。
Candela
做的是什么生意
Candela designs and builds all-electric, computer-controlled hydrofoil boats; its P-12 is a 30-passenger ferry that lifts its hull above the water to cut drag, sold to public-transit operators.
启动资金：Series C totaled about $40M in 2024 — $25M initial round plus a $14M extension led by SEB Private Equity with EQT Ventures and KanDela AB — followed by a €30M round in March 2026 backed by IFC plus EQT, SEB, KanDela and Ocean Zero.
起因
Gustav Hasselskog founded Candela in Stockholm in 2014 on a simple physics argument: boats lose enormous energy plowing through water, so an electric boat's range dies with speed. By lifting the hull onto computer-controlled foils, drag mostly disappears — the company claims 80% lower energy use. Candela says Stockholm's roughly 70 public-transport vessels burn more fossil fuel than the city's buses and trains combined, yet carry only a small share of riders, which made ferries the beachhead.
经过
In 2024 Candela received orders from Saudi Arabia, New Zealand and Berlin, and celebrated its 100th vessel built (counting C-7 and C-8 speedboats). On 29 October 2024 its P-12 'Nova' began a pilot commuter run between Ekerö's Tappström and Stockholm City Hall — 15 km in about 30 minutes versus roughly an hour by conventional ferry — run with Trafikverket and Region Stockholm (SL). In November 2024 it added $14M to its Series C and sold its first US ferry, to FlyTahoe for Lake Tahoe. In June 2025 Mumbai operator Jalvimana ordered 11 P-12s, Candela's largest announced deal. An official Swedish Transport Administration evaluation (published February 2026) found travel time cut from 55 to about 30 minutes, CO2 down 94% versus diesel, energy use down 66%, ridership up 22.5% and 95% of passengers positive; it simulated six P-12s replacing two diesel ferries could lift capacity 150%. In March 2026 Candela raised €30M and announced a second factory in Poland.
结果
Still scaling as of September 2026: the P-12 runs in Stockholm's public-transport network on Route 89, serial production at its Stockholm plant targets roughly 40 vessels a year, and 2026 deliveries were scheduled for Mumbai, the Maldives, Thailand and Berlin, with Lake Tahoe and Saudi Arabia in the pipeline.
背景
Candela是斯德哥尔摩一家公司，赌注是城市不使用水道是因为效率低而非需求不足。创始人Gustav Hasselskog认为传统船只百年来变化微小，大量能量浪费在水中行进，导致电动船无法达到竞争所需的航程和速度。其解决方案：计算机控制的水翼将船体抬离水面，据称水摩擦降低80%。
承担这一赌注的产品是P-12电动渡轮，长12米，载客30人。2024年10月29日，其首艘船“Nova”号在埃克罗和斯德哥尔摩市中心间试点，由瑞典运输管理局和斯德哥尔摩地区运营，15公里约30分钟，而旧柴油渡轮约1小时。由于水翼船几乎无尾流，在市内其他船受限时仍可高速行驶。
试点后订单接踵而至。至2024年底，Candela已获新西兰、沙特、柏林订单及美国首个订单（太浩湖FlyTahoe）；2025年6月，孟买Jalvimana订购11艘。2026年2月官方评估显示：时间降幅55分钟至30分钟，二氧化碳降94%（对比柴油），能耗降66%，客流增22.5%，乘客满意度95%；并模拟了6艘P-12以15分钟间隔替换2艘柴油船的效果。2026年3月，Candela获得3000万欧元(IFC和EQT Ventures)支持，并在波兰建第二工厂。
这件事要成立，得有什么
- 水翼技术着手电动汽车实际障碍——阻力——而非仅仅增加电池，这使P-12在柴油船受限尾流的公交线路上实现汽车级速度。
- Candela选择受监管、高可见度的突破口：斯德哥尔摩试点获得官方评估，客流增22.5%，成为向孟买、柏林、太浩湖销售证明。
- 向公共交通运营商销售意味着有航线的回头客，而不仅一次性富人买家；同一平台同时服务私人船只和渡轮。
- 在斯德哥尔摩自产（年约40艘）并扩建波兰工厂，随订单增长保持成本和交付可控。
可借鉴之处
物理修复只有改变受监管服务的单位经济性才能奏效：Candela成功之处在于其渡轮比所替代的柴油船更快、更便宜，而不仅环保。
后续进展
Candela正处于量产扩张阶段：P-12仍在斯德哥尔摩公共交通89路运营；2026年3月3000万欧元融资后，波兰第二工厂正在建设；2026年交付包括孟买（Jalvimani订购11艘）、马尔代夫、泰国、柏林，以及早前宣布的FlyTahoe太浩湖和沙特Neom。公司号称最受资助的电动船制造商，但面临模仿者（Zin、Navier），且需证明渡轮经济性能超越旗舰航线。
资料来源
- Candela brings its P-12 electric ferry to Tahoe and adds another $14M to build more
- Candela's flying ferries land major Mumbai deal for world's largest electric waterway network
- EQT and World Bank back 'flying ferry' startup Candela as it raises €30m to fuel global rollout
- Candela electric hydrofoil ferry cuts emissions and travel times in Stockholm deployment, according to STA report
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