A fully electric plane for 100 passengers. Wright Electric can change the industry

Air transport harms the environment more than we think. Solution? Switching to electricity, i.e. reaching for the same thing that the car market is reaching for. It looks like the biggest changes in this matter will be known in the next decade, looking at Wright Electric, which wants to provide the world with a 100-passenger all-electric plane.

Time for an electric aviation revolution? The startup Wright Electric will put into operation an electric plane for 100 passengers in a few years

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According to the website Bloomberg, in the next six years, the aviation market could enrich the electric airliner, which will completely change the way we fly. Developed by Wright Electric, it is designed to fly with up to 100 people while being a breakthrough in terms of weight, size and performance across the industry. Reason? Wright startup is unique, or at least it is considered to be:

Wright’s electric motors and motor controllers are highly efficient and versatile. In addition to aviation, the Wright propulsion system can serve other industries including marine and transportation engineering and is compatible with any fuel source

– we read on the startup’s website.

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It is, among others the engines and their controllers along with a cavernous set of batteries will go to the BAe 146 aircraft manufactured by BAE Systems. They will replace the four jet engines with an all-electric alternative, and will be able to fly approximately 740 km. The company’s ultimate goal at the moment is to eliminate all emissions from flights less than 1,287 kilometers.

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Wright also boasts that thanks to its technology, the new planes will have twice the power of the propulsion system, 75% less weight and 50% smaller size. The company’s electric motors will ultimately offer 2 MW of power and a ratio of 10 kW / kg specific power, being scalable from 500 kW to 4 MW for a variety of applications.