Aircraft charter firm GlobalX Airlines wants 50. There is already an array of early adopters: Cape Air from the northeastern US, which was a launch customer, committed to buying 75 Alice planes. He added that certification of the plane would also need to go according to plan.
The first Alice deliveries to customers are planned for as early as 2027 if "battery technology evolves the way we expect it to," Eviation CEO Gregory Davis said. "Flying purely electrical is very sexy, as it has a very high degree of efficiency, close to 90% if you charge the batteries only with wind energy," Nagel said. This means that the electric aircraft can only be deployed on niche markets, but they are in demand nevertheless, Björn Nagel, the director of the Institute for System Architecture in Aeronautics (DLR) in Hamburg, told DW. The biggest problem of electric flying continues to hamper Alice: The batteries are much too bulky and too heavy, and don't deliver enough energy for efficient and prolonged traveling.Īfter its successful first flight - a voyage of not more than eight minutes - the company drastically lowered Alice's expected travel range from 815 kilometers to 445 kilometers. At the T-shaped tail, two Magni650 electric motors are installed, delivering 644 kilowatts each, supposedly enabling a cruise speed of 407 kilometers per hour (252 miles per hour).
The shape of the airframe itself creates extra lift to help get the immense weight of the batteries off the ground. It is no longer the typical tube with wings and a tail attached, but it rather looks like a lean whale with a sharply cut nose, flattening out towards the bottom, and a fuselage that is tapering at the rear. The nine-seat aircraft has a very attractive appearance. Its aesthetic design, however, is purely on purpose seeking to optimize its flight characteristics. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Electromobility revolution takes to the skies
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