{"id":120568,"date":"2018-10-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/easyjet-intends-to-test-9-seater-electric-plane-next-year\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:20:02","slug":"easyjet-intends-to-test-9-seater-electric-plane-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/easyjet-intends-to-test-9-seater-electric-plane-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"easyJet Intends to Test 9-Seater Electric Plane Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Electric propulsion is slowly taking over almost every transport segment, but flight remains the most difficult to electrify.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Last year, the start-up Wright Electric presented plans to make commercial electric flight a reality. A few months later, it announced a partnership with easyJet.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The two companies will conduct the first tests with a nine-seater electric plane next year. easyJet wants to have electric planes in its fleet for short-haul flights, and this will be one of the first steps in that direction.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Wright Electric aims to build a 150-seat battery-powered aircraft to compete with commercial aircraft on the market used for short-haul flights (under 480 km).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In 2017, Eviation Aircraft conducted the first tests with an electric plane, which has a range of 1,000 km. The airline industry is responsible for more than 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions, which is why the transition to electric motors is being pursued.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wall-street.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Wall-Street<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>When will easyJet start testing electric planes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>easyJet, in partnership with Wright Electric, plans to begin testing a nine-seater electric aircraft next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the long-term goal of Wright Electric?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The company aims to develop a 150-seat battery-powered aircraft for short-haul flights under 480 km.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is the aviation industry moving toward electric propulsion?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The industry accounts for over 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions, prompting a shift to cleaner electric engines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electric propulsion is slowly taking over almost every transport segment, but flight remains the most difficult to electrify. Last year, the start-up Wright Electric presented plans to make commercial electric flight a reality. A few months later, it announced a partnership with easyJet. The two companies will conduct the first tests with a nine-seater electric&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-120568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120568"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=120568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}