Ampaire Flies Hybrid-Electric Caravan, Targets 2024 Certification

Graham Warwick November 18, 2022
Eco Caravan first flight
Firewall-forward, hybrid system replaces the turboprop; batteries are in the unused aft section of the cargo pod.
Credit: Ampaire
Ampaire has flown the first Cessna Caravan converted to hybrid-electric propulsion. The prototype Eco Caravan made the 33-min. flight Nov. 18 from Camarillo Airport, California, north of Los Angeles. Ampaire is developing an integrated parallel-hybrid propulsion system that combines a compression...
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