An original fully electric passenger car airplane took off for the first time yesterday in a test run flight which marks a major milestone for an air force without pollution from coal. The Verge he says:
The nine-passenger aircraft named Alice took off at 7:10 a.m. yesterday from Washington State's Grant County International Airport. Alice is the first plane, part of a coming one packetof fully electric aircraft already under development. It could be the “first all-new, all-electric commercial plane” if the Federal Aviation Administration gives it certification to carry passengers, according to the Seattle Times.
Alice's maker, Washington, D.C.-based Eviation, is targeting commuter and cargo flights between 150 and 250 miles. It's like a flight from New York to Boston or from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
However, yesterday's test flight lasted just eight minutes, and the aircraft reached an altitude of 3.500 feet. The purpose of the flight was to gather data to improve the design of the plane, which still has a long way to go before it can take off with passengers.
Alice will eventually come in three configurations: a nine-passenger passenger plane, a six-passenger luxury plane, and an e-cargo version. The limited size has to do with its capacity batterys.
