This week's Paris Airshow saw the launch of the world's first commercial all-electric passenger aircraft - albeit in prototype form.
Israeli firm Eviation says the craft - called Alice - will carry nine passengers for up to 650 miles (1,040km) at 10,000ft (3,000m) at 276mph (440km/h). It is expected to enter service in 2022.
Alice is an unconventional-looking craft: powered by three rear-facing pusher-propellers, one in the tail and two counter-rotating props at the wingtips to counter the effects of drag. It also has a flat lower fuselage to aid lift.
"Thi s plane looks like this not because we wanted to build a cool plane, but because it is electric," says Eviation's chief executive Omer Bar-Yohay.
"You build a craft around your propulsion system. Electric means we can have lightweight motors; it allows us to open up the design space."
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Abhinav Singh
(Assistant Engineer, Groomix)
2019-09-27 17:13
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