Electric Planes: They Have Arrived

The Current State of Electric Aircraft Technology, a research backed investigation.

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It’s no surprise NASA is developing an electric aircraft. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is absolutely convinced we’ll be flying in long distance electric passenger planes in the future. Companies like Rolls-Royce, Boeing, and Airbus are all exploring aircraft electrification. So what does the future hold?

We collaborated with aerospace engineers, NASA scientists, and veteran pilots to sort through the current electric aircraft research and evaluate the most promising new technologies based on performance, practicality, and economics.

We’ll provide a comprehensive overview of electric airplane technology, discuss the benefits and challenges, and then rank the most revolutionary electric planes. We discuss battery electric aircraft, hybrid aircraft, hydrogen aircraft and everything in between.

This piece primarily focuses on the state of the art in fixed wing electric aircraft for long distance passenger travel. EVTOL’s will be covered separately, as part of our ongoing series exploring the future of electric aviation.

Contributors:
LEMMiNO - Infinity https://soundcloud.com/lemmino/lemmino-infinityaloft
Brad Clarkson https://behance.net/BradClarkson
Pslavi https://youtube.com/user/pslavi
René Rosentraeger https://youtube.com/channel/UCj6O_mJ5G0JiGLTJUemIO_A
Rodrigo Magro Mañas https://instagram.com/rmagro/
Organizations:
NASA Armstrong http://nasa.gov
Tecnam https://tecnam.com
Airbus https//airbus.com
EPSII https://epsii.com
Faradair https://faradair.com
Joby Aviation https://jobyaviation.com
Tesla https://tesla.com/
SpaceX https://spacex.com/
Boeing https://www.boeing.com/
Wright Electric https://weflywright.com/
Zero Avia https://www.zeroavia.com/
Universal Hydrogen https://www.hydrogen.aero/
De Havilland https://dehavilland.com/
Harbour Air https://www.harbourair.com/
magniX http://magnix.aero
Pipistrel http://pipistrel.com
Emrax http://emrax.com
Rolls-Royce http://rollsroyce.com
Eviation https://eviation.co
Solar Impulse Foundation https://solarimpulse.com
Air Race E: http://airracee.com/

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