--- title: How Sweden’s Sustainable Hydrofoil Ferry Shortens Travel Time description: Sweden's new hydrofoil ferry is not just environmentally friendly, it's efficient too. canonical: https://time.com/7175046/watch-sweden-sustainable-hydrofoil-ferry/ author: Andrew Johnson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-11-21T15:12:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-10T23:07:00.701Z article:section: Climate og:title: How Sweden’s Sustainable Hydrofoil Ferry Shortens Travel Time og:description: Sweden's new hydrofoil ferry is not just environmentally friendly, it's efficient too. og:url: https://time.com/7175046/watch-sweden-sustainable-hydrofoil-ferry/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7284b679b1989df3/698a9c68b3fce3a0b60d42b6/stockholm-sweden-hydrofoil-ferry-climate-transport-solution.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: SWEDEN-PUBLIC TRANSPORT-ELECTRIC FERRY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How Sweden’s Sustainable Hydrofoil Ferry Shortens Travel Time twitter:description: Sweden's new hydrofoil ferry is not just environmentally friendly, it's efficient too. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7284b679b1989df3/698a9c68b3fce3a0b60d42b6/stockholm-sweden-hydrofoil-ferry-climate-transport-solution.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch: How Sweden’s Sustainable Hydrofoil Ferry Shortens Travel Time  by [Andrew Johnson](https://time.com/author/andrew-johnson/)  ## Andrew Johnson Nov 21, 2024 3:12 PM UTC  The electric hydrofoil ferry Nova with Stockholm City Hall in the background is tested on Oct. 25, 2024, which is part of a world-unique pilot project in Stockholm's public transport. The electric hydrofoil ferry Nova with Stockholm City Hall in the background is tested on Oct. 25, 2024, which is part of a world-unique pilot project in Stockholm's public transport.HENRIK MONTGOMERY/TT/TT News Agency/AFP—Getty Images  by [Andrew Johnson](https://time.com/author/andrew-johnson/)  ## Andrew Johnson Nov 21, 2024 3:12 PM UTC Gustav Hasselskog, founder and CEO of Candela, says the P12 ferry uses hydrofoil technology and an electric drive train to reduce energy consumption by 75%. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7175046/watch-sweden-sustainable-hydrofoil-ferry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7175046/watch-sweden-sustainable-hydrofoil-ferry/"},"headline":"Watch: How Sweden’s Sustainable Hydrofoil Ferry Shortens Travel Time","datePublished":"2024-11-21T15:12:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-10T23:07:00.701Z","description":"Sweden's new hydrofoil ferry is not just environmentally friendly, it's efficient too.","url":"https://time.com/7175046/watch-sweden-sustainable-hydrofoil-ferry/","keywords":["climate change","AmazonFutures24"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7284b679b1989df3/698a9c68b3fce3a0b60d42b6/stockholm-sweden-hydrofoil-ferry-climate-transport-solution.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Andrew Johnson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/andrew-johnson/"}],"articleSection":"Climate","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7284b679b1989df3/698a9c68b3fce3a0b60d42b6/stockholm-sweden-hydrofoil-ferry-climate-transport-solution.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"SWEDEN-PUBLIC TRANSPORT-ELECTRIC FERRY","caption":"The electric hydrofoil ferry Nova with Stockholm City Hall in the background is tested on Oct. 25, 2024, which is part of a world-unique pilot project in Stockholm's public transport.","creditText":"HENRIK MONTGOMERY/TT/TT News Agency/AFP—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/climate/","name":"Climate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7175046/watch-sweden-sustainable-hydrofoil-ferry/","name":"Watch: How Sweden’s Sustainable Hydrofoil Ferry Shortens Travel Time"}}]}] ```