{"id":12377,"date":"2020-01-27T15:18:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T22:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=12377"},"modified":"2020-01-27T15:18:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T22:18:56","slug":"eviations-alice-involved-in-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/eviations-alice-involved-in-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Eviation’s Alice Involved in Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time<\/em> magazine lauded Eviation\u2019s Alice last year<\/a>, ranking it as one of the 100 Best Inventions of 2019.\u00a0 Alex Fitzpatrick compared its green goodness to the GHG-loaded nature of commercial aviation.\u00a0 \u201cFlying is dirty work\u2014the aviation industry emits nearly a quarter of total transportation-\u00adrelated greenhouse-\u00adgas emissions in the U.S., according to the EPA. One way to clean it up could be \u00adEviation<\/a>\u2019s all-electric Alice, an Israeli-made nine-seater meant to convince the gas-\u00adguzzling aviation world that electric power is ready for takeoff. \u201cThe real innovation is in the lightweight materials rather than the batteries and motors and controllers and all that,\u201d says Eviation CEO Omer Bar-Yohay. If successful, the design could pave the way for larger electric commercial aircraft. Alice, which has a range of 650 miles and should be quieter than gas-\u00adpowered aircraft, begins flight testing in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Eviation’s Alice in sunnier times at the Paris Air Show last summer<\/p><\/div>\n

The bright future for the tri-motored airplane, which shone at the Paris Air Show and a prototype of which was about to undergo ground and flight testing at Prescott, Arizona, was darkened by a late-night fire.\u00a0 The fire caused extensive damage to the craft.\u00a0 AIN Online reports, \u201cA fire broke out during ground testing of Eviation\u2019s all-electric Alice aircraft on January 22 at Prescott Regional Airport in Arizona. The company said that the fire is believed to have been caused by a fault with a ground-based battery system. It has yet to confirm how extensively the prototype aircraft might have been damaged in the incident.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Prescott Fire Department was on standby<\/a> for the planned test and quickly extinguished the fire, which caused no injuries. Eviation has begun an investigation into the full cause of the fire and has not said how the incident might affect plans to begin flight testing the aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n

An interview airport manager Robin Sobotta on the following morning does not give a great deal of added detail.<\/p>\n