Eviation’s Alice Commuter
Production Company: Eviation
Feature: Fully Electric
EST. Cost of Production: $4 Million*
Eviation, an Israeli business, has intentions to use smaller airports to help local travelers, similar to what the folks at Zunum Aero had in mind with their electric hybrid aircraft. Alice is designed to accommodate 9 people comfortably and transport them to local places without the hassle of larger airports, all at a fourth of the cost. Alice is an electric passenger plane that can travel over 500 miles at a cruise speed of more than 250 mph. Omer Bar-Yohay, the creator and CEO of Eviation, set out to build the “world’s first all-electric commuter aircraft,” and if Alice receives certification as planned in 2023, he will have accomplished his goal.
Eviation’s Alice Commuter
NASA X-57 Maxwell
Production Company: NASA
Feature: Fully Electric
EST. Cost of Production: Unknown
NASA launched a $790 million effort a few years ago that, if all goes as planned, will replace modern commercial airplanes with eco-friendly electric aircraft. The program’s name is “New Aviation Horizons,” and one of its prototypes is the single-passenger, fully-electric X-57 (or, Maxwell). The X-57 has 14 electric motors that it will use to take off and land, but only two of them will be used while cruising through the air at up to 175 mph. The Maxwell runs with low noise and zero in-flight emissions, while also costing around 30% less than current alternatives. The first flight of NASA’s first fully electric passenger jet is expected for February 24th, 2022.
NASA X 57 Maxwell
