THESE ARE THE EARLY DAYS of manned electric flight.Ampaire's six-seat modified Cessna 337, Bye Aerospace's forthcoming two- and four-seat all-electric trainers, and the recently certified (in Europe) Pipistrel Velis Electro show imagination and promise, and a wide variety of eVTOLs are attracting major new investments.I'm an amateur in this space, but I think I'm qualified to weigh in here. I am a (piston) pilot, I have one degree in physics and two in electrical engineering, so I'm something of a geek on the technology side. I've spent the last 14 years as an "angel investor" in early-stage companies, so I have a bit of experience trying to spot technology trends. And I've been driving electric for almost eight years, so I've experienced the liquid-fuel-to-electrons transition directly, learning a few things in the process.As the saying goes, though: It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future. So below I'm going to make observations based on the trends I see, with some extrapolation, rather than making outright predictions.
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