It's a boat, it's a plane, it's a hydrofoil ?

source: https://spectrum.ieee.org/ground-effect-vehicle

manufacturer: https://www.regentcraft.com/

From the perspective of an island dweller, this machine is really cool. Fast, hopefully safe, electrically powered transport over water. It says it can carry 12 passengers at a speed of 290 kph (180 mph) with a 290 km range (180 miles). The coincidence of that 290 figure seems suspicious but think of it, 1 hour from Milwaukee to Washington Island, very nice. Travel over ice isn't mentioned - sometimes there isn't any open water for hydroplaning or floating. And neither is cold weather performance mentioned. But for places like Puget Sound this thing sounds ideal. Also the Army/Navy/Air Force/Marines would probably be interested. However I didn't see a price mentioned, that's always going to be a sticking point.

Arthur C. Clarke wrote a book called: Profiles of the Future - I've got a copy around here somewhere. Clarke mentions ground effect machines but I always pictured what we now know as quadcopters (fan/s pointing down) - but this design is more like a low altitude sea plane with a hydrofoil as an intermediate option.