Comac Unveils 19-Seat Electric Regional Design

Comac’s 19-seat all-electric regional aircraft uses ducted-fan distributed electric propulsion integrated into the wing.

Credit: Colin Throm/AWST (based on Chinese internet images)
With a dominant share of the global lithium battery market and a booming domestic electric vehicle (EV) industry, China is moving aggressively to build on a thriving supply base and bring electric propulsion to aviation. Having begun with two-seat light aircraft and moved into four-passenger...
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