MagniX And AeroTEC Electrify Workhorse Caravan

eCaravan
Powered by a 750-hp MagniX electric motor, the eCaravan lifts off from AeroTEC’s test center at Moses Lake.
Credit: MagniX
Electric motor developer MagniX and certification specialist AeroTEC have flown a Cessna 208B Caravan converted to electric propulsion. The aircraft made a 30-min. first flight from Moses Lake, Washington, on May 27. The eCaravan is the largest all-electric commercial aircraft to fly so far, and it...
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