eFlyer 800 : this New 8-Seat Electric private Airplane Costs 80% Less to Fly Than Conventional Aircraft 600 km/h, 900 km range: new private e-plane could connect cities The US aviation company Bye Aerospace has announced an eight-seat, fully electric twin-turbo-prop class aircraft: the eFlyer 800. It’s an eight-seat electric aircraft that could one day connect cities as an … [Read more...]
An electric plane will fly from Switzerland to Berlin
Pipistrel is the first private electric aircraft already sold in hundreds of copies. There are electric planes like Alice, which have received orders for dozens of devices, or Tecnam P-Volt. Pipistrel is the only private plane to have already sold hundreds of copies, a few dozen in Switzerland and to flight schools in Europe, and above all a hundred in China, where it is going … [Read more...]
Lilium jet, the reasons to bet on its success
Leading in-house groundbreaking aviation technology, unlike many of its competitors a team of competent and experienced developers from the leading aviation industry this small electric private jet, or flying taxi required five years of development, passing through four different generations of prototypes the company has a plan to build at least 17 dedicated … [Read more...]
Tecnam P-Volt, electric plane for Norway
Electric passenger flights from 2026? Norway is a very cold country, where the connections by plane are used even for small journeys. The roads are often icy. Moreover, Norway is at the forefront of electric mobility and has established that all regional flights must be zero emissions by 2040. Rolls-Royce and the Italian aircraft manufacturer Tecnam are collaborating with … [Read more...]
USA: Terrafugia’s Transition flying car now allowed to fly
Terrafugia's Transition has a Special Light-Sport Aircraft certificate, but it needs to be finished to be street legal. it can fly at 168 km/h only a sport pilot license is necessary it’s equipped with a parachute its rotating engine seems quite efficient, consuming roughly 13 L/100 km when flying it can run both on standard premium gasoline or fuel for … [Read more...]