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Horizon and ZeroAvia Pursue Hydrogen-powered Cavorite VTOL Aircraft
Partners aim to integrate ZeroAvia’s 600-kilowatt ZA600 hydrogen-electric powertrain
Cavorite X7 eVTOL aircraft rendering
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Horizon Aircraft has enlisted hydrogen propulsion specialist ZeroAvia to help develop a hydrogen-powered version of its six-passenger Cavorite X7 hybrid-electric VTOL air taxi, the company announced on July 15. 

According to Horizon, the partners aim to integrate ZeroAvia’s 600-kilowatt ZA600 hydrogen-electric powertrain with the Cavorite aircraft, which the company has been developing with a hybrid-electric configuration for the past five years.