World’s First Electric Commercial Airplane Completes Test Flight
December 11th, 2019Via: Business Insider:
A Vancouver-based airline is one step closer to launching the world’s first all-electric commercial plane after a successful test flight on December 10. Harbour Air’s ePlane completed a 10-minute trip across the Fraser River in Richmond, BC.
The ePlane is a six-passenger DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver, a Canadian-designed aircraft that has been in use since 1946. Harbour Air developed the ePlane alongside magniX, a company that’s designed multiple electronic propulsion systems for planes. Harbour Air plans to build a full fleet of commercial seaplanes based on the ePlane’s design.
