Although they're far from the cheapest way to enjoy some time in the water, electric hydrofoil boards are gaining in popularity as more and more models enter the scene. But some are easier to ride ...

The hottest ticket one could score at the Annapolis Powerboat Show this weekend was not a ticket at all, but to have your name written in a small black notebook by an electric boating expert from ...

Scientists in Sweden are taking a new look at hydrofoils for a new generation of fast, energy-efficient ferries. The concept has a history in Canada going back more than a century. Researchers at ...

Dear EarthTalk: What exactly are hydrofoils, and why are environmental advocates so bullish on them revolutionizing the shipping industry? – John C., Elizabeth, NJ The shipping industry emits around 3 ...

Since 2016, Byron Bay-based Flite has been creating motorised hydrofoils – water vehicles with a wing-like structure beneath the waves that lifts the vehicle up out of the water when it builds up ...

Electric hydrofoil watercraft startup Navier announced a large round of seed funding to help its founders in their quest to democratize waterways by reducing operational costs for electric boat ...

Boats aren't typically supposed to fly. That is to literally float a few centimeters or more off the surface of the water at blistering speeds, but interestingly some do and it isn't a new innovation.

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 ...