Aircraft
Daher On Track for Hybrid-electric Airplane in 2027
EcoPulse demonstration flights helping to guide new aircraft program
Daher EcoPulse

Daher will begin the conceptual design phase later this year of a hybrid-electric TBM model, said aviation division senior v-p Nicolas Chabbert this morning at the 2024 Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo. The end product will be influenced by the TBM 940-based EcoPulse technology demonstrator that was developed and is now being tested in partnership with Safran and Airbus. Chabbert announced the hybrid-electric model last year at Sun ’n Fun, pledging to have it in service in 2027.

While he intends to keep that schedule, he told AIN that “it’s not an easy certification path for hybrid-electric aircraft. At Daher, we have the advantage of knowing how to certify products. But, for example, high-voltage electrical system certification is still an unknown path. Despite that, we’ll start outlining aircraft specifications later this year.”