The next step in the electrification of aviation took place on Thursday morning, May 28, with the first flight of a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan powered by a magniX electric propulsion system.

“This 30-minute flight would have cost us $6 in electricity compared to $300 to $400 in fuel, and the Cessna 182 chase plane was louder than the Caravan,” added Roei Ganzarski, CEO of magniX.

Improvements in battery technology are advancing rapidly, and Ganzarski expects this will enable magniX-powered aircraft to fill the “Middle Mile” mission – passenger and cargo flights of up to 1,000 miles – by the time the certification program is completed, in less than two years.

Source: The world’s largest electric commercial plane takes flight – Skies Mag