A version of this article appears in print on July 9, 2025, Section B, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Electric Hydrofoil Ferries May Change the Way We Commute.

Lionel Moise has the breaking details. NEW YORK CITY -- A Staten Island Ferry was evacuated after a fire in the engine room caused the boat to stall in the New York Harbor near the Statue of Liberty.