ENVGO NV1- from drone to high performance electric hydrofoiling leisure boat

ENVGO NV1- from drone to high performance electric hydrofoiling leisure boat

From Plugboats by Plugboats

April 5, 2026 · 12 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the ENVGO NV1, an electric hydrofoiling leisure boat that incorporates advanced drone technology.

Tucked away among the superyachts of the 2026 Palm Beach Boat Show was the ENVGO NV1, a 26 foot electric hydrofoiling leisure boat that impressed with its speed, range and striking design. Long before drones were making headlines in war zones, a group of engineers in the Canadian tech hub of Waterloo, just outside Toronto, was developing early UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) that incorporate artificial intelligence, autonomous flight control and robotics. Listen to this article as a podcast The drones were designed for things like high danger industrial inspections and disaster zone assistance. They needed to have 100% reliability in every kind of weather and terrain condition. Operator training time couldn’t always be assured. So the drones had to be not just ‘smart’, but also easy and instinctive to use. Those are exactly the kinds of technologies and attributes needed for a high performance electric hydrofoiling leisure boat and the migration of that pioneering drone work to the new ENVGO NV-1 is one of the things that go into making the boat’s debut so impressive. Reliable, smart, easy to use The six co-founders of ENVGO all worked together developing that UAV…

Topics covered

  • electric boats
  • hydrofoiling
  • drones
  • UAV technology

Keywords

  • Palm Beach Boat Show
  • ENVGO NV1
  • Aeryon Labs

Mentioned in this episode

Products: ENVGO NV1-, the ENVGO NV1, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, ENVGO NV-1 is, FLIR SkyRanger R70, UAVs, Aeryon, ENVGO NV1

Places: Waterloo, Toronto

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