is this a ground effect machine?
"Our vehicle, called a seaglider, is an all-electric, wing-in-ground-effect craft that operates within a wingspan of the water's surface and couples the speed of an airplane with the operating cost of a boat."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXE0UTHnV5g
It is a ground effect vehicle.
"seaglider" is apparently a new word for ekranoplan. The difference is, the new ones tend not to be so enormous [1].
See e.g. https://www.regentcraft.com/seagliders/viceroy and https://www.hawaiiseaglider.org/what-is-a-seaglider
It's the same craft with a different paint job
Yes, they are Wing-in-Ground craft
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea_Monster