Powered by Magnix’s motor, this Cessna “eCaravan” would be the largest electric aircraft to fly so far.
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Magnix isn’t trying to change aviation overnight, it just believes that any transformation has to begin somewhere. And Thursday morning, the Seattle-based manufacturer of electric motors hopes to nudge the future of air travel forward when it sends another airplane on a zero-emissions flight.
Unlike the experimental aircraft that have dominated electric flight so far, the Cessna Caravan 208 that will carry Magnix’s motor over Moses Lake, Washington is a nine-passenger widely-used commuter airliner that’s been in production since…
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