Boeing-backed aims for electric commuter plane by 2022

Posted on 12 Oct 2017 by Michael Cruickshank

A company backed by US aerospace manufacturer Boeing has announced an ambitious new timeframe for the first commuter-size electric aircraft.

An artist’s impression of the electric passenger plane. Image courtesy of Zunum Aero. Seattle-based startup ‘Zunum Aero’, backed by both Boeing and Jet Blue, believes that the first such aircraft will be ready by as early as 2022. Despite being small by passenger-aircraft standards, the 12 seater aircraft will be among…

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