Zunum Aero’s electric passenger plane hopes to offer cheaper flights by 2020

 Zunum Aero, a company backed by funding from Boeing HorizonX and JetBlue’s tech venture arm, has revealed its plans to create a hybrid electric aircraft designed for regional flights with plans to fly by 2020. The aircraft would have a range of around 700 miles at launch, and the plan is to get that up to over 1,000 miles by 2030, which means it could service many popular commuter routes… Read More

from https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/05/zunum-aeros-electric-passenger-plane-hopes-to-offer-cheaper-flights-by-2020/?ncid=rss