Looks like Eviation's Alice electric aircraft boasting a range of 450 miles and 250 knots with a max payload of 2500 pounds is in final testing before its flight program begins. Currently conducting high speed taxi  checks and final testing.

Design is somewhat different to earlier configurations. No wing tip props now, they have been moved to the rear, and now a nose wheel rather than the previous tail dragger.

Beautiful looking aircraft.

Slight glitch with one engine the other day that wouldn't start but part from that testing is going well. 

150 aircraft currently ordered. Cape Air and DHL two of the customers.  

 

 https://www.eviation.co/

 

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43838/spaceship-like-electric-aircraft-alice-prepares-for-its-first-flight-in-these-awesome-images

 

Edited January 13, 20224 yr by martin-w

She's a big girl.

 

I'll bet pretty quiet, also! 

1 minute ago, charliearon said:

I'll bet pretty quiet, also! 

hopefully, What a time.. It looks really cool!

19 minutes ago, Victoroos said:

hopefully, What a time.. It looks really cool!

 

Now give it 5 years until they slap some solid state batteries in it. I'm speculating 2000 mile range. 

Cool aircraft. Kind of beautiful and ugly at the same time. 

27 minutes ago, charliearon said:

I'll bet pretty quiet, also! 

 

Quiet is one of its features. Nice inside too.

 

https://www.eviation.co/aircraft/#cargo-configuration

 

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Less noisy by a factor of more than 100 during takeoff and cruise compared to its jet-fueled counterparts, Alice's cabin is ultra-quiet allowing passengers to converse or simply enjoy the view without disruption. The pressurized aircraft has a payload of 2,500 pounds and a range of 440 nautical miles.

 

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eviation-lifts-the-curtain-on-alice-executive-cabin-design-301442042.html

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2 hours ago, martin-w said:

Beautiful looking aircraft.

1 hour ago, Swe_Richard said:

Kind of beautiful and ugly at the same time.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This beholder doesn't think it's an attractive design, but I'm happy to see new tech developed.
Hopefully we'll see it undertake a successful first flight very soon.

 

34 minutes ago, F737NG said:

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This beholder doesn't think it's an attractive design, but I'm happy to see new tech developed.
Hopefully we'll see it undertake a successful first flight very soon.

 

😁 For the life of me I cant see how anyone wouldn't think it was a lovely looking machine, but it's subjective and you are entitled to think differently. So what to you is an attractive aircraft?

First flight should be within days unless there are any issues to fix. 

Its been delayed of course, after a fire a while back. Nothing to do with the aircrafts batteries or systems, it was a separate power unit being used to fire up the avionics that caught fire, destroying one of the prototypes. 

Edited January 13, 20224 yr by martin-w

Cool little plane.  This is a great application of current electric-powered vehicle technology. 

I can see this being up-scaled in the future, especially as battery energy density gets better.

I'm curious what the cost per passenger mile is compared to a business jet.  I'm sure it's less, not to mention less emissions.

Dave

2 minutes ago, martin-w said:

For the life of me I cant see how anyone wouldn't think it was a lovely looking machine, but it's subjective and you are entitled to think differently. So what to you is an attractive aiorcfat?

Shorts 330 🙃

VC-10, 787-9, Tornado F3, Su-57, Epic E1000 among many others.

3 hours ago, dave2013 said:

I'm curious what the cost per passenger mile is compared to a business jet.  I'm sure it's less, not to mention less emissions.

 

See below Dave. 

 

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Based on U.S. industrial electricity prices, the direct operating cost with nine passengers and two crew, flying at 240 kn (440 km/h), is claimed to be $200 per hour, which compares to $600–1,000 per hour for existing aircraft of similar purchase price such as the Cessna 402s, Pilatus PC-12 and Beechcraft King Air, for operations on routes under 500 nmi (930 km).^[3][6] 45% of air routes fall within its 565 nmi (1,050 km) range at 260 kn (482 km/h), or 55% of airline flights according to Flightglobal's Cirium data.^[7]

 

They have a goal of zero emissions. Which depends of course on where the operators get their electrons from. From renewables zero emissions but that doesn't count manufacturing carbon footprint of course. Certainly very low emissions. 

On 1/13/2022 at 2:54 PM, martin-w said:

See below Dave. 

Nice.

Dave