Electric Aircraft

First crewed all-electric air race set for October.

Textron has announced that Kriya Shortt will be taking over as the new president and CEO of the company’s eAviation division on Aug. 31, 2023. She succeeds Rob Scholl, who is moving to the role of president and CEO of Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc. Scholl has headed Textron eAviation since the segment was launched in […]

There’s so much buzz around the emergence of electric airplanes that it’s easy to forget what animates most of the enterprise is press releases. New airplane announcements fly fast and furious; the airplanes themselves, not so much. Cutting through this background noise is the innovative Slovenian company, Pipistrel. In 2020, as it promised it would, […]

Diamond Aircraft has announced that Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) will be the launch customer for its all-electric eDA40 trainer. The letter of intent (LOI) covering the planned purchase also includes provisions for the two companies to collaborate on testing the model “in a real training environment” at LAT’s location in Grenchen, Switzerland. According to Diamond, […]

The Spanish National Police (SNP) have officially started trial operations with the Ehang EH216 autonomous electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle. SNP and China-based autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) company EHang announced the collaboration in October 2021, stating that they would be exploring how to best use AAV technology in emergency and security missions through […]

Tier 1 Engineering announced that it has successfully completed an airport-to-airport flight with its all-electric helicopter design. The aircraft, a modified Robinson R44, flew between California’s Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM) and Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) on Saturday. The company is calling the trip “the first helicopter flight between airfields solely by electric power.” […]

Aviation electric propulsion system developer magniX has been chosen to be the power behind several all-electric and hybrid electric aircraft designs to date. In this podcast, Simon Roads, senior vice president for sales and marketing, discusses the company’s achievements, technologies and goals for the future.

In this podcast, AVweb’s Kate O’Connor talks with Eviation President and CEO Gregory Davis about the first flight of the company’s all-electric Alice, along with certification timeline for the aircraft, its purpose and the development of relevant battery technology.

Eviation’s all-electric Alice aircraft successfully completed its first flight on Tuesday at Washington’s Grant County International Airport (MWH). The Alice “technology demonstrator” flew for eight minutes, reaching an altitude of 3,500 feet. The company reported that the flight, which tested propulsion system and fly-by-wire system functions, went according to plan. “We have successfully electrified the […]

Florida-based charter company GlobalX has signed a letter of intent (LOI) for an order of 50 all-electric Eviation Alice aircraft. According to the company, which started passenger operations in August 2021, the aircraft will be used for passenger routes in Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. GlobalX says it is expecting delivery of its first […]