Not to take away from these two companies, I think that Ampaire may be farther along. I think that they have already started flights in Hawaii.
They were about to do so when I last talked to the CEO a year or two ago. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Jan 20, 2021, at 9:01 AM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know other news is a "bit" distracting today, but here's a bit of EV news. > If the two companies reported in this article are successful, the effect > could be huge. > > Peri > > Electric aviation startup MagniX opens new headquarters and production > facility in Everett > https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/electric-aviation-startup-magnix-opens-new-headquarters-and-production-facility-in-everett/ > > Local aviation startup MagniX, which is developing electric motors to replace > the gas turbine engines on commuter airplanes carrying up to 40 passengers, > announced Tuesday it is consolidating its operations at a new facility in > Everett. > ... > Electric-powered flight technology is not considered viable for Boeing-size > airplanes. MagniX instead focuses on developing the propulsion system for > all-electric, zero-emission flights on small commuter aircraft that fly > routes shorter than 1,000 miles. > ... > Ganzarski cites compelling economics, claiming that electric aviation should > cost about $300 per flight hour versus $1,500 per flight hour on current > gas-powered planes of that size. > ... > One is sister company Eviation, of which Ganzarski is now chairman. Both > MagniX and Eviation are funded by the Singapore-based Clermont investment > group owned by New Zealand-born billionaire Richard Chandler. > ... > Eviation has designed, though it hasn’t yet flown, an all-electric plane > called Alice that can carry nine passengers and has a range of 440 miles. > ... > He said Alice should have its first flight this year and Eviation will build > two more test planes for a two-year flight test and certification program. It > should be ready to deliver in 2023, he said. > > > << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210120/ea640c03/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
