http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2390932&CategoryId=13936 First South American Electric Manned Plane Put to Test in Paraguay [June 24, 2015]
ASUNCION – Itaipu hydroelectric power plant, the second largest producer of energy in the world, shared by Paraguay and Brazil, on Tuesday put to test its Sora-e aircraft in the Paraguayan city of Hernandarias, and was presented as “the first electric manned aircraft of South America.” The plane has space only for the pilot and a passenger and is powered only by batteries and has a flight range of an hour and a half, according to a statement released on the Binacional Itaipu dam website. The apparatus, which is 8 meters long (26 feet) and weighs 650 kilograms (1433 pounds), is made of carbon fiber and can reach a cruising speed of 190 kph (118 mph) with a maximum of 340 kph (211 mph). “For Itaipu, this is a huge progress. We are always researching and trying to develop electric vehicles that have a greater range,” said Salim Morinigo, consulting engineer of Sustainable Mobility of Itaipu. He added that, for the company, the development of this prototype meant an investment of $90,000, a figure much lower than the selling price of these already developed devices, which is around $900,000. Furthermore, the director general of the Brazilian part of Itaipu, Jorge Samek, assured that this unit reinforces the commitment of Paraguay and Brazil in the development of clean technologies with low environmental impact. “Itaipu is already a reference in the area of sustainable electric mobility with electric cars and buses, and intelligent systems for monitoring. Now it is also standard in the aircraft industry,” he said. Sora-e aircraft was developed out of an agreement between ACS aviation, an entity linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, and Itaipu, and are also working on an Electronic Vehicle program. Itaipu is the second largest hydroelectric plant in the world with an installed capacity of 14,000 megawatts, of which Paraguay uses only a 10 percent despite having right to half. The remainder is sold to Brazil. [© Latin American Herald Tribune] ... http://www.equities.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=newsdetail&id=342857 First South American electric manned plane put to test in Paraguay By EFE Ingles June 24, 2015 For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ http://www.abc-7.com/story/29338162/elfs-appear-in-southwest-florida $5-10k 3wheel ELF human-hybrids appear in S.W.Florida ts:20mph http://wzvn.images.worldnow.com/images/8086318_G.jpg http://www.morningstarpublishing.com/articles/2015/06/22/grand_traverse_insider/business/doc558490e0811ad850852982.txt Local surf shop selling, promoting electric longboards http://www.lagrangenews.com/news/home_top-news/154262897/EV-charger-set-for-center Photovoltaic (PV4EV) L3 EVSE set for West-Point-GA + EVLN: 500km/300mi of Nomadic-Power trailer autonomy {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-1st-South-American-Electric-Manned-Plane-Tested-in-Paraguay-tp4676576.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
