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This is a list of electric aircraft, whose primary flight power is electrical.
Type | Country | Class | Power | Role | Date | Status | Notes |
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ACS-Itaipu Sora-E | Brazil | Propeller | Battery | Experimental | 2015 | Prototype | |
AgustaWestland Project Zero | Italy | UAV | Battery | Experimental | 2011 | Prototype | First large-scale all-electric tilt-rotor.[1] |
Air Energy AE-1 Silent | Germany | Motor glider | Battery | 1998 | Production | ||
Airbus A³ Vahana | United States | Propeller | Battery | Experimental | 2018 | Prototype | Retired December 2019 to focus on CityAirbus development. |
Airbus E-Fan | France | Propeller | Battery | Trainer | 2014 | Cancelled | Co-developed with Aero Composite Saintonge.[2] |
Alisport Silent Club | Italy | Motor glider | Battery | Production | First production electric aircraft.[3][citation needed] | ||
Ampaire Electric EEL | United States | Propeller | Hybrid | 2019 | Testing | ||
APEV Demoichelle | France | Propeller | Battery | Experimental | 2010 | Prototype | [4][5] |
APEV Pouchelec | France | Propeller | Battery | 2009 | Prototype | Development of the Pouchel Light.[6][7] | |
AstroFlight Sunrise | United States | UAV | Solar | Experimental | 1975 | Prototype | First solar-powered flight. Sunrise II flew in 1975.[8][9][10] |
AutoGyro eCavalon | Germany | Rotorcraft | Battery | Experimental | 2013 | Prototype | |
Baykar Cezeri | Turkey | eVTOL | Battery | Transport | 2020 | Project | Flown unmanned. |
Beta AVA | United States | Propeller | Battery | Transport | 2019 | Prototype | Testing and preparing serial production.[11] |
Boeing Fuel Cell Demonstrator (FCD) | United States | Motor glider | Fuel cell | Experimental | 2008 | Prototype | Modified Diamond HK-36 Super Dimona.[12][13] |
Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2 | United States | Propeller | Battery | 2016 | Project | ||
Bye Aerospace eFlyer 4 | United States | Propeller | Battery | 2018 | Project | ||
Cessna 172 electric | United States | Propeller | Battery | Experimental | 2010 | Demonstrator only | [14][15] On 19 October 2012 Beyond Aviation announced that it had flown an electric Cessna 172 Skyhawk.[16] |
Cessna 208 eCaravan | United States | Propeller | Battery | Utility | 2020 | Prototype | Currently undergoing testing prior to certification.[17] |
CityAirbus | Multinational | eVTOL | Battery | Transport | 2019 | Prototype | |
DigiSky SkySpark | Fuel cell | Converted Alpi Pioneer 300.[18][19] | |||||
Viking Dragonfly (electric conversion) | Netherlands | Propeller | Battery | Experimental | 2019 | Project | Converted Viking Dragonfly.[20] |
Hamilton aEro 1 | Switzerland | Propeller | Battery | Private | 2016 | Prototype | Converted Silence Twister.[21] |
e-Genius | Germany | Battery | Experimental | 2011 | Prototype | ||
e-Sling | Switzerland | Battery | Experimental | 2022 | Prototype | Based on the Sling TSi[22] | |
EADS Green Cri-Cri | Battery | Experimental | 2010 | Prototype | Converted Colomban Cri-cri.[23][24] | ||
Electric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer Trike | United States | Motor glider | Battery | Private | 2007 | Production | Ultralight. First commercial offering of an electric aircraft.[25][26][citation needed] |
Electric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer-C | United States | Motor glider | Battery | Private | 2008 | Production | Converted Monnett Moni motor glider.[27] |
Electravia E-Fenix | France | Motor glider | Battery | Private | 2001 | Prototype | [28] |
Electravia ElectroLight2 | France | Motor glider | Battery | Private | 2001 | Production | [29][30] |
Electravia BL1E Electra | France | Propeller | Battery | 2007 | [31][32] First registered aircraft in the world powered by electric engine and with batteries.[citation needed] | ||
Electravia Electro Trike | France | Motor glider | Battery | 2008 | [33] | ||
ENFICA-FC | Propeller | Fuel cell | Experimental | Prototype | Converted Rapid 200FC.[34] | ||
eUP Aviation Green1 | Canada | Motor glider | Battery | 2012 | Production | [35] | |
Eviation Alice | Israel | Propeller | Battery | Transport | 2022 | Testing | 2 pilot + 9 passenger, 444 km/h cruise and 1,367 km range [36] |
Flightstar e-Spyder | Propeller | Battery | 2009 | Converted Flightstar Sportstar Spyder. Also offered as the Greenwing GW280 and Yuneec eSpyder.[37] | |||
Icaro 2000 Trike | Motor glider | Battery | Private | Production | [38] | ||
Joby Aviation S4 | United States | Propeller | Battery | Experimental | 2017 | Prototype | [39] |
La France | France | Airship | Battery | Experimental | 1884 | Prototype | |
LAK-17B FES Self-Launch (mini) | Lithuania | Motor glider | Battery | Private | 2020 | Production | [40] |
Lange Antares 20E | Germany | Motor glider | Battery | Experimental | 2003 | Production | [41][42] First electric aircraft to obtain a certificate of airworthiness.[citation needed] |
Lange Antares 23E | Germany | Motor glider | Battery | Experimental | 2012 | Production | |
Lange LF 20 | Germany | Motor glider | Battery | Experimental | 1999 | Prototype | Modified DG800.[43] |
Lilium Jet | Germany | Ducted fan | Battery | Private | 2017 | Prototype | two-seater (5 planned from 2025) vertical take-off and landing air taxi prototype[44][45] |
Luxembourg Special Aerotechnics MC30E | Battery | Experimental | 2012 | Prototype | [46][47] | ||
MacCready Gossamer Penguin | United States | Propeller | Solar | Experimental | 1980 | Prototype | |
MacCready Solar Challenger | United States | Propeller | Solar | Experimental | 1981 | Prototype | Flew 262 km (163 mi) from Paris to England.[48] |
Matsushita / Tokyo Institute of Technology aircraft | Japan | Propeller | Battery | Experimental | 2006 | Prototype | Powered by 160 AA battery cells.[49] |
Mauro Solar Riser | Propeller | Solar | Experimental | 1979 | Prototype | First manned, solar-powered airplane. Based on the UFM Easy Riser. Solar cells charged battery for flight.[50] | |
MC15E Cri-Cri | Propeller | Battery | 2010 | [51] | |||
Militky MB-E1 | West Germany | Propeller | Battery | Experimental | 1973 | Prototype | First manned airplane to fly solely on electric power.[52] |
MIT Monarch | United States | Propeller | Hybrid | Experimental | Prototype | Batteries charged by human power.[53] Followed by the MIT Monarch 2. | |
NASA Centurion | United States | UAV | Solar | Experimental | Prototype | ||
NASA Helios | United States | UAV | Battery | Experimental | 1999 | Prototype | |
NASA Pathfinder | United States | UAV | Solar | Experimental | 1993 | Prototype | Developed by AeroVironment, Inc from the HALSOL prototype.[54][55] Pathfinder Plus had increased span. |
NASA Puffin | United States | Battery | Experimental | 2010 | Project | ||
NASA X-57 Maxwell | United States | Propeller | Battery | Experimental | 2016 | Project | Modified Tecnam P2006T.[56][57] |
New Concept Aircraft (Zhuhai) Green Pioneer Ι | China | Solar | Experimental | 2002 | Prototype | [58][59] | |
Opener BlackFly | United States | Propeller | Battery | Utility | 2011 | Prototype | |
PC-Aero Elektra One | Germany | Propeller | Solar | 2011 | Project | ||
Petróczy-Kármán-Žurovec PKZ-1 | Hungary | Rotorcraft | Cable | Patrol | 1917 | Prototype | Tethered to the ground. |
Phoenix Air Phoenix | Czech republic | Propeller | Battery | 2018 | Project | Testing and preparing serial production.[60][61] | |
Pipistrel Alpha Electro | Slovenia | Propeller | Battery | Experimental | 2011 | Production | Electric version of the Pipistrel Alpha Trainer. |
Pipistrel Taurus Electro G2 | Slovenia | Motor glider | Battery | Private | 2011 | Production | |
Pipistrel Taurus G4 | Slovenia | Motor glider | Battery | Experimental | 2011 | Prototype | Twin fuselage. The G4 won the NASA Green Flight Challenge in 2011.[62][63][64] |
Pipistrel Velis Electro | Slovenia | Propeller | Battery | Trainer | 2020 | Production | Type certified. Based on the Pipistrel Virus |
Pipistrel WATTsUP | Slovenia | Battery | Experimental | 2014 | Prototype | Led to the Pipistrel Alpha Electro. | |
QinetiQ Zephyr | United Kingdom | UAV | Solar | Patrol | 2008 | Prototype | The 2010 redesign holds the UAV endurance record of over 2 weeks (336 hours).[65][66] |
Rolls-Royce ACCEL | United Kingdom | Propeller | Battery | Private | 2021 | Prototype | |
Schempp-Hirth Discus-2c FES | Germany | Motor glider | Battery | 2015 | Production | ||
Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2cxa FES | Germany | Motor glider | Battery | 2014 | Production | ||
Schempp-Hirth Arcus-E | Germany | Motor glider | Battery | 2010 | Production | [67] | |
Siemens-FlyEco Magnus eFusion | Germany-Hungary | Propeller | Hybrid diesel-electric | 2018 | Under development for production | [68] | |
Solair 1 | Propeller | Solar | Experimental | 1983 | Developed from a Farner canard design.[69][70] The Solair II flew 1998.[70] | ||
Solar Impulse | Propeller | Solar | Experimental | 2009 | Prototype | ||
Solar Impulse 2 | Propeller | Solar | Experimental | 2015 | Prototype | First round-the-world flight by an electric aircraft.[citation needed] | |
Solar-Powered Aircraft Developments Solar One | United Kingdom | Propeller | Solar | Experimental | 1979 | Prototype | Solar cells charged battery for flight.[71][72][73] |
SolarStratos | Propeller | Solar | Experimental | 2017 | Prototype | ||
Solution F/Chretien Helicopter | Rotorcraft | Battery | Experimental | 2011 | Prototype | First free-flying manned electric helicopter.[74][75] | |
Sonex Electric Sport Aircraft | Propeller | Battery | 2010 | Project | |||
Stuttgart University Icaré II | Germany | Solar | 1996 | [76] | |||
Sunseeker I | United States | Propeller | Solar | Experimental | 1990 | Prototype | [77] The Sunseeker II was built in 2002. |
Sunseeker Duo | United States | Propeller | Solar | Experimental | 2013 | Prototype | |
Tier1 electric Robinson R44 | United States | Rotorcraft | Battery | Experimental | 2016 | Prototype | [78][79][80] |
Tissandier | France | Airship | Battery | Experimental | 1883 | Prototype | First electric powered aircraft.[81] |
Ultraflight Lazair Electric | Battery | Experimental | 2011 | Prototype | [82] | ||
Volocopter | Germany | Rotorcraft | |||||
Volta Volare GT4 | Hybrid | 2012 | Project | Diesel-electric hybrid.[83] | |||
Yuneec International E430 | China | Propeller | Battery | Private | 2009 | Production | Homebuilt aircraft. |
smartflyer SFX1 | Switzerland | Propeller | Serial Hybrid | Prototype | 2017 | Production | bulit by smartflyer AG Switzerland [84] |
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