Heart hopes to be able to show the iron/copper bird working next year and get to architecture-complete. At that point, they’ll be able to put in requests for proposals with sharp specifications to manufacturers
Electric aviation is barely beginning to ramp up. We’re at the flattest point of the sigmoid curve of adoption, but the steep section of the curve is coming soon. Heart Aerospace is going to be taking off with it.
Electric aircraft have arrived, but a lot has to happen to make commercial flights a reality. Can they live up to the hype, and can they reduce aviation emissions? We run the numbers.
Rolls Royce has completed a 15 minute test flight of its battery powered airplane.
United Airlines has ordered 100 ES-19 electric airplanes from Heart Aerospace. They could be in service by 2026.
United Airlines cuts to the rapid decarbonization mustard: tree planting offsets good, zero emission electric airplanes gooder.
