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Airbus E-Fan: The Electric Aircraft

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Airbus E-Fan: The Electric Aircraft

The Airbus hybrid is sexy, fast and coming soon.

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Airbus subsidiary VoltAir has been flying this E-Fan prototype for a little over a year to test the possibilities for pure electric-powered flight.
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In a few short years the E-Fan 2.0 electric two-seater and E-Fan 4.0 hybrid-electric four-seater will be built at a new factory in France. Read more about the new factory here.
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As the name suggests, the E-Fan prototype (shown here) and production iteration will be powered by electrically driven ducted fans.
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Here is an artist’s impression of the production iteration of the Airbus E-Fan.
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At this point E-Fan is still a very big bet for Airbus, but knowledge gained about electric propulsion makes it a gamble worth taking.
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For more on the E-Fan, read up about the advances in propulsion technology and its electric motor here.
Craig Fuller
A pilot for more than three decades, Craig Fuller is owner and CEO of FLYING. He's also the CEO and founder of FreightWaves, the leading provider of data and analytics for the global logistics industry.
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