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Detailed explanation-1: -The X-57 Maxwell is the agency’s first all-electric experimental aircraft . The main goal of the project is to share X-57’s electric propulsion-based design with regulators in a bid to advance certification approaches for emerging electric aircraft.

Detailed explanation-2: -If you haven’t already heard the good news, welcome. The first all-electric passenger airplane, charmingly named Alice, took its maiden voyage. For the test flight, the airplane took off from an airport in central Washington, ascended to 3,500 feet and landed again, for a total flight time of eight minutes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Israeli-founded company Eviation Aircraft successfully launched the Alice on Tuesday morning from Washington’s Grant County International Airport. The zero-emission plane traveled at an altitude of 3,500 feet for its eight-minute inaugural flight.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alice, the World’s First All-Electric Passenger Jet, Just Aced Her Maiden Flight. The battery-powered plane can carry nine passengers up to 250 miles. A new battery-powered commercial aircraft can carry nine passengers up to 250 miles.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 2010, Airbus embarked on its electrification journey, developing the world’s first all-electric, four-engine aerobatic aircraft, CriCri. Since then, we have made significant progress in the electrification of flight.