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Electric Power, Pioneers Drive EBACE Panel
Eviation’s Alice and VoltAero’s Cassio make case at EBACE for all-electric and hybrid-electric fixed-wing aircraft
Reporters quizzed electric aviation pioneers at the EBACE Newsmakers Breakfast, left to right Alison Godlove (EBACE TV), Gregory Davis (Eviation Aircraft), Jean Botti (VoltAero), Murdo Morrison (FlightGlobal), Charles Alcock (AIN/FutureFlight), and Lee Ann Shay (Aviation Week). (Photo: David McIntosh)
Reporters quizzed electric aviation pioneers at the EBACE Newsmakers Breakfast, left to right Alison Godlove (EBACE TV), Gregory Davis (Eviation Aircraft), Jean Botti (VoltAero), Murdo Morrison (FlightGlobal), Charles Alcock (AIN/FutureFlight), and Lee Ann Shay (Aviation Week). (Photo: David McIntosh)

The case for all-electric and electric-hybrid propulsion for a new generation of commuter fixed-wing aircraft is economically viable, but battery capacity and supporting technology remain major obstacles toward that future. So said the leaders of two pioneering platforms on Tuesday at the EBACE Newsmakers Breakfast.