Paris 2011: Battery-powered eGenius Explores Electric Flight
Looking more like a glider than an airplane, the two-seat, battery-powered eGenius made its first flight on May 25, from Mindelheim airfield in Bavaria, G

Looking more like a glider than an airplane, the two-seat, battery-powered eGenius made its first flight on May 25, from Mindelheim airfield in Bavaria, Germany. Designed by the Institute of Aircraft Design at the University of Stuttgart, the concept aircraft flew for 20 minutes powered by a 60kW electric motor.

The design parameters of the eGenius airplane includes a max takeoff weight of 1,874 pounds, a cruise speed of up to 127 knots, and a range of 216 nm. Its wingspan is just over 55 feet. The airplane consumes 4.75kW of power (the equivalent of about 0.6 liters of gasoline) per 100 km.