eGenius electric plane takes flight with Airbus backing

It has been mere months since we introduced you to Deutschland’s PC-Aero Elektra One , and now the Germans are at it again with the maiden flight of a brand new electric flying machine: eGenius. The aircraft successfully completed a 20-minute flight on May 26th, followed by a two-and-a-half hour trip on Sunday. Where the Elektra one boasted cruising speeds of 160 km/h (about 99 MPH), eGenius is in a position to hitting 235 km/h (146 MPH) for as much as 400 kilometers (248.5 miles). It sports a 60-kilowatt motor, weighs 850 kilograms (1,874 pounds), and has some big backing from the likes of Airbus . Considering its relatively limited range and equally limited capacity — it fits two humans with a combined weight of 397 pounds — we’ve got a sense it will be a little before we’re popping pretzels on any such bad boys.

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