Electric aircraft pioneer Bye Aerospace today unveiled plans to enter the mainstream business aviation market with the eFlyer 800, which will be powered by a pair of Safran's new Engineus electric motors. The new model will be able to carry seven passengers and two pilots on flights of up to around 575 miles at speeds of almost 370 mph.
The eFlyer 800 will compete with existing turboprop models such as Textron's Beech King Air 260 and Daher TBM 910, albeit with less than one-third of the range. Denver-based Bye Aerospace indicated it expects to complete type certification over the next four to six years, but said that it already has “customer deposit agreements” from undisclosed air taxi, charter, and cargo operators in the U.S. and Europe.
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