An electric passenger plane in works

A UK based airline officially announced that it would soon activate an electric-powered passenger plane within ten years.

The company EasyJet partnered with the US organization Wright Electric that is working on a battery-propelled aircraft for flights within two hours. However, the company did not reveal about what it plans on naming the aircraft.

EasyJet is comparatively a low-cost airline and they believe that they would fly the aircraft on 20% of its paths across Europe. The plane would greatly cut down carbon emissions and reduce the noise levels for populations near the airports, informed Tech Juice.

According to Wright Electric, the company will manufacture an airliner with electric motors fitted in its wings, which will extract power from the batteries. The firm has so far designed and exhibited a two-seater electric airplane and aims to completely manufacture its initial model of a commercial-scale plane by 2021.

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As per CNET, the aircraft will accommodate around 120 to 220 passengers. The maximum range of the airliner would be about 540 kilometers (335 miles), which would enable it to fly to such routes like Berlin to Vienna, Milan to Rome and Amsterdam to London. However, the CEO of Wright Electric, Jeffrey Engler did not further explain about the engine technology or how much electricity would it take to power the engines.

Chief commercial officer of EasyJet stated, “You’re seeing cities and countries starting to talk about banning diesel combustion engines. That would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. As technology moves on, attitudes shift, ambitions change and you see opportunities you didn’t see. This is genuinely exciting.”