Eviation Lays Off Employees And Pauses Development Of Electric-Powered Airplane
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on GeekWire.
These two paragraphs add some detail.
Eviation Aircraft has laid off most of its employees and paused work on its electric-powered Alice airplane, which had its first and only flight test more than two years ago.
In a statement emailed to GeekWire, Eviation CEO Andre Stein said a temporary pause was necessary in order to focus on “identifying the right long-term partnerships to help us make electric commercial regional flight a reality.”
I feel this is a pity, as I feel Alice has a good chance of success with passengers.
It certainly looks like a sleek aeroplane, rather than a collection of parts flying in formation.
But let’s hope that Eviation are able to forge commercial partnerships to make it a success!
The Anonymous Widower 
Surely the biggest problem is the power to weight ratio? With a battery driven plane it doesn’t get any lighter in weight through the flight as the battery is being drained.
With a normal plane it gets lighter as it burns fuel.
Comment by Mauricereed | February 16, 2025 |
Absolutely!
Hydrogen is a better fuel and on a lot of routes could give you and out and back range to many places, which would mean, you only need refueling at one end.
Comment by AnonW | February 16, 2025 |