(Siemens: Plano, TX) -- Siemens Digital Industries Software announced that REGENT has adopted the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of cloud-based software and services to help pioneer a new category of vehicle called the seaglider, a high-speed, zero-emission craft operating exclusively over water to drastically reduce the time and cost of moving people and goods between coastal cities.

With 40 percent of the world’s population living in coastal communities, REGENT’s electric seagliders will be the first to offer safe, low-cost, high-speed, zero-emission transportation for this segment. Launch customers include aviation, ferry, and logistics transportation operators.

The REGENT seaglider operates as an all-electric, wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) vehicle. It travels in one of three modes—floating on its hull near the dock, on its hydrofoils at up to 40 knots as it comes in and out of port, or flying above the waves at 160 knots while cruising to its destination.

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