Dutch Startup Elysian Pursues Large Battery-Electric Airliner

Elysian’s E9X concept uses battery-powered distributed electric propulsion with a turbogenerator for reserves.

Credit: Elysian
A Dutch startup is challenging the belief that battery-powered aircraft must be small and short-range, proposing to develop a 90-seat, 500-mi.-range all-electric airliner. Breaking with traditional design principles, Delft-based Elysian says it has found design space where a large electric aircraft...
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