List of electric aircraft

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This is a list of electric aircraft, whose primary flight power is electrical.

TypeCountryClassPowerRoleDateStatusNotes
ACS-Itaipu Sora-EBrazilPropellerBatteryExperimental2015Prototype
AgustaWestland Project ZeroItalyUAVBatteryExperimental2011PrototypeFirst large-scale all-electric tilt-rotor.[1]
Air Energy AE-1 SilentGermanyMotor gliderBattery1998Production
Airbus A³ VahanaUnited StatesPropellerBatteryExperimental2018PrototypeRetired December 2019 to focus on CityAirbus development.
Airbus E-FanFrancePropellerBatteryTrainer2014CancelledCo-developed with Aero Composite Saintonge.[2]
Alisport Silent ClubItalyMotor gliderBattery1997ProductionFirst production electric aircraft.[3][citation needed]
Ampaire Electric EELUnited StatesPropellerHybrid2019Testing
APEV DemoichelleFrancePropellerBatteryExperimental2010Prototype[4][5]
APEV PouchelecFrancePropellerBattery2009PrototypeDevelopment of the Pouchel Light.[6][7]
AstroFlight SunriseUnited StatesUAVSolarExperimental1975PrototypeFirst solar-powered flight. Sunrise II flew in 1975.[8][9][10]
AutoGyro eCavalonGermanyRotorcraftBatteryExperimental2013Prototype
Baykar CezeriTurkeyeVTOLBatteryTransport2020ProjectFlown unmanned.
Beta AVAUnited StatesPropellerBatteryTransport2019PrototypeTesting and preparing serial production.[11]
Beta ALIA CX300United StatesPropellerBattery2024PrototypeTesting and preparing serial production.[12]
Boeing Fuel Cell Demonstrator (FCD)United StatesMotor gliderFuel cellExperimental2008PrototypeModified Diamond HK-36 Super Dimona.[13][14]
Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2United StatesPropellerBattery2016Project
Bye Aerospace eFlyer 4United StatesPropellerBattery2018Project
Cessna 172 electricUnited StatesPropellerBatteryExperimental2010Demonstrator only[15][16] On 19 October 2012 Beyond Aviation announced that it had flown an electric Cessna 172 Skyhawk.[17]
Cessna 208 eCaravanUnited StatesPropellerBatteryUtility2020PrototypeCurrently undergoing testing prior to certification.[18]
CityAirbusMultinationaleVTOLBatteryTransport2019Prototype
DigiSky SkySparkFuel cellConverted Alpi Pioneer 300.[19][20]
e-GeniusGermanyBatteryExperimental2011Prototype
e-SlingSwitzerlandBatteryExperimental2022PrototypeBased on the Sling TSi[21]
EADS Green Cri-CriBatteryExperimental2010PrototypeConverted Colomban Cri-cri.[22][23]
Electravia BL1E ElectraFrancePropellerBattery2007[24][25] First registered aircraft in the world powered by electric engine and with batteries.[citation needed]
Electravia E-FenixFranceMotor gliderBatteryPrivate2001Prototype[26]
Electravia Electro TrikeFranceMotor gliderBattery2008[27]
Electravia ElectroLight2FranceMotor gliderBatteryPrivate2001Production[28][29]
Electric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer TrikeUnited StatesMotor gliderBatteryPrivate2007ProductionUltralight. First commercial offering of an electric aircraft.[30][31][citation needed]
Electric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer-CUnited StatesMotor gliderBatteryPrivate2008ProductionConverted Monnett Moni motor glider.[32]
ENFICA-FCPropellerFuel cellExperimentalPrototypeConverted Rapid 200FC.[33]
eUP Aviation Green1CanadaMotor gliderBattery2012Production[34]
Eviation AliceIsraelPropellerBatteryTransport2022Testing2 pilot + 9 passenger, 444 km/h cruise and 1,367 km range[35]
Flightstar e-SpyderPropellerBattery2009Converted Flightstar Sportstar Spyder. Also offered as the Greenwing GW280 and Yuneec eSpyder.[36]
Hamilton aEro 1SwitzerlandPropellerBatteryPrivate2016PrototypeConverted Silence Twister.[37]
Icaro 2000 TrikeMotor gliderBatteryPrivateProduction[38]
Joby Aviation S4United StatesPropellerBatteryExperimental2017Prototype[39]
La FranceFranceAirshipBatteryExperimental1884Prototype
LAK-17B FES Self-Launch (mini)LithuaniaMotor gliderBatteryPrivate2020Production[40]
Lange Antares 20EGermanyMotor gliderBatteryExperimental2003Production[41][42] First electric aircraft to obtain a certificate of airworthiness.[citation needed]
Lange Antares 23EGermanyMotor gliderBatteryExperimental2012Production
Lange LF 20GermanyMotor gliderBatteryExperimental1999PrototypeModified DG800.[43]
Lilium JetGermanyDucted fanBatteryPrivate2017Prototypetwo-seater (5 planned from 2025) vertical take-off and landing air taxi prototype[44][45]
Luxembourg Special Aerotechnics MC30EBatteryExperimental2012Prototype[46][47]
MacCready Gossamer PenguinUnited StatesPropellerSolarExperimental1980Prototype
MacCready Solar ChallengerUnited StatesPropellerSolarExperimental1981PrototypeFlew 262 km (163 mi) from Paris to England.[48]
Matsushita / Tokyo Institute of Technology aircraftJapanPropellerBatteryExperimental2006PrototypePowered by 160 AA battery cells.[49]
Mauro Solar RiserPropellerSolarExperimental1979PrototypeFirst manned, solar-powered airplane. Based on the UFM Easy Riser. Solar cells charged battery for flight.[50]
MC15E Cri-CriPropellerBattery2010[51]
Militky MB-E1West GermanyPropellerBatteryExperimental1973PrototypeFirst manned airplane to fly solely on electric power.[52]
NASA CenturionUnited StatesUAVSolarExperimental1998Prototype
NASA HeliosUnited StatesUAVBatteryExperimental1999Prototype
NASA PathfinderUnited StatesUAVSolarExperimental1993PrototypeDeveloped by AeroVironment, Inc from the HALSOL prototype.[53][54] Pathfinder Plus had increased span.
NASA PuffinUnited StatesBatteryExperimental2010Project
NASA X-57 MaxwellUnited StatesPropellerBatteryExperimental2016ProjectModified Tecnam P2006T.[55][56]
New Concept Aircraft (Zhuhai) Green Pioneer ΙChinaSolarExperimental2002Prototype[57][58]
Opener BlackFlyUnited StatesPropellerBatteryUtility2011Prototype
PC-Aero Elektra OneGermanyPropellerSolar2011Project
Petróczy-Kármán-Žurovec PKZ-1HungaryRotorcraftCablePatrol1917PrototypeTethered to the ground.
Phoenix Air PhoenixCzech republicPropellerBattery2018ProjectTesting and preparing serial production.[59][60]
Pipistrel Alpha ElectroSloveniaPropellerBatteryExperimental2011ProductionElectric version of the Pipistrel Alpha Trainer.
Pipistrel Taurus Electro G2SloveniaMotor gliderBatteryPrivate2011Production
Pipistrel Taurus G4SloveniaMotor gliderBatteryExperimental2011PrototypeTwin fuselage. The G4 won the NASA Green Flight Challenge in 2011.[61][62][63]
Pipistrel Velis ElectroSloveniaPropellerBatteryTrainer2020ProductionType certified. Based on the Pipistrel Virus
Pipistrel WATTsUPSloveniaBatteryExperimental2014PrototypeLed to the Pipistrel Alpha Electro.
QinetiQ ZephyrUnited KingdomUAVSolarPatrol2008PrototypeThe 2010 redesign holds the UAV endurance record of over 2 weeks (336 hours).[64][65]
Rolls-Royce ACCELUnited KingdomPropellerBatteryPrivate2021Prototype
RX1E—AChinaPropellerBatteryLSA2017Production[66]
RX1E—SChinaPropellerBatteryLSA2017Production[67]
RX4EChinaPropellerBatteryExperimental2024ProductionRX4E, a four-seater electric aircraft developed by the Liaoning General Aviation Academy (LGAA), has secured Type Certification (TC No.: 0095A) issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on 29 Dec 2024.
RX4HEChinaPropellerBatteryExperimental2021Prototype
Schempp-Hirth Arcus-EGermanyMotor gliderBattery2010Production[69]
Schempp-Hirth Discus-2c FESGermanyMotor gliderBattery2015Production
Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2cxa FESGermanyMotor gliderBattery2014Production
Siemens-FlyEco Magnus eFusionGermany-HungaryPropellerHybrid diesel-electric2018Under development for production[70]
smartflyer SFX1SwitzerlandPropellerSerial HybridPrototype2017Productionbuilt by smartflyer AG Switzerland[71]
Solair 1PropellerSolarExperimental1983Developed from a Farner canard design.[72][73] The Solair II flew 1998.[73]
Solar ImpulsePropellerSolarExperimental2009Prototype
Solar Impulse 2PropellerSolarExperimental2015PrototypeFirst round-the-world flight by an electric aircraft.[citation needed]
Solar-Powered Aircraft Developments Solar OneUnited KingdomPropellerSolarExperimental1979PrototypeSolar cells charged battery for flight.[74][75][76]
SolarStratosPropellerSolarExperimental2017Prototype
Solution F/Chretien HelicopterRotorcraftBatteryExperimental2011PrototypeFirst free-flying manned electric helicopter.[77][78]
Sonex Electric Sport AircraftPropellerBattery2010Project
Stuttgart University Icaré IIGermanySolar1996[79]
Sunseeker IUnited StatesPropellerSolarExperimental1990Prototype[80] The Sunseeker II was built in 2002.
Sunseeker DuoUnited StatesPropellerSolarExperimental2013Prototype
Tier1 electric Robinson R44United StatesRotorcraftBatteryExperimental2016Prototype[81][82][83]
TissandierFranceAirshipBatteryExperimental1883PrototypeFirst electric powered aircraft.[84]
Ultraflight Lazair ElectricBatteryExperimental2011Prototype[85]
Viking Dragonfly (electric conversion)NetherlandsPropellerBatteryExperimental2019ProjectConverted Viking Dragonfly.[86]
VolocopterGermanyRotorcraft2008
Volta Volare GT4Hybrid2012ProjectDiesel-electric hybrid.[87]
Yuneec International E430ChinaPropellerBatteryPrivate2009ProductionHomebuilt aircraft.

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