New info on Eviation. Hopefully they'll have a successful test flight
soon.
Peri
All-electric commuter plane will fly this year, Arlington-based startup
says
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/all-electric-commuter-plane-will-fly-this-year-arlington-based-startup-says/
Arlington-based electric commuter plane startup Eviation said Thursday
it has finalized the design for its Alice aircraft and is on track for
first flight this year.
...
The plane, carrying nine passengers and two crew, will be battery
powered, with propellers turned by electric motors made by sister
company MagniX of Everett, of which Ganzarski is CEO. It’s expected to
have a range of about 500 miles.
...
But the plane hadn’t flown yet when, in January 2020, a lithium ion
battery pack used for a ground test caught fire and destroyed the
prototype, setting the operation back further.
...
Ganzarski declined to name the supplier of the lithium ion battery
cells, although he said Eviation’s in-house engineers will combine the
battery cells into a battery pack designed for aviation safety.
...
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