Product Design of the Year 2022 / Transportation / Professional

ELECTRA - a 150 passenger hydrofoil ferry

• Prizes
  Winner in Transportation/Mass Transportation, Top Design Winner in Transportation/Nautical/Boats
• Company
  Studio Bela Design, Germany
• Lead Designer
  Erik Ulbricht
• Design Team
  Max Meyerson, Jeremy Osborne, Edward Kearney
• Client
  Boundary Layer Technologies
• Project Link
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• Other credit
  Renderings By Prime Studios

ELECTRA, by Boundary Layer Technologies, is a fully electric, zero emissions hydrofoil passenger ferry. Through it’s unique flying hydrofoil design, it can travel twice the speed and twice the range of any other electric ferry in existence. This greatly increases the number of routes that can be serviced, and opens the door to a green zero emissions ferry future across the world. ELECTRA features twin electric motors and a hydrofoil system, which propel it at a stabilized cruise speed of 40 knots, resulting in a quiet, smooth and relaxing experience for the 150 passengers onboard the vessel.