Lagging Battery Performance Forces Electric Aircraft Rethink

E9X design

The revised E9X design has a longer folding wing and six electric engines versus eight in the original concept.

Credit: Elysian Aircraft
Overoptimistic projections for battery performance have caused some electric aircraft ventures to falter and some to fail. Others have revised their expectations downward in the hope of arriving at a minimum viable product with which to enter the market. For Dutch startup Elysian Aircraft, the...
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