{"id":1324,"date":"2023-06-17T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T17:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.e-flight-journal.com\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2023-06-17T17:09:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T17:09:04","slug":"norwegian-startup-elfly-unveiled-electric-amphibian-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/?p=1324","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Startup Elfly Unveiled Electric Amphibian Aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 14 June 2023 Norwegian start-up Elfly Group unveiled their full electric amphibian named \u201cNoemi\u201d\u00a0(no emission) in Oslo, Norway. The company said that early versions of the Noemi will have between 6\u00a0and 13 seats and will reach around 200 kilometers at speeds of up to 250 knots, with a pair of electric motors with\u00a0output of one megawatt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/news.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1.png 800w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The company plans to fly the prototype in 2025 and to certify the aircraft under EASA\u2019s CS23 Level 4 rules to give it scope to scale up the design to carry as many as\u00a019 passengers.\u00a0Elfly said that the aircraft will be ready to enter commercial service in 2030 with a cargo version ready by 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/news.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2.png 800w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be three cabin options for passenger-carrying versions of the Noemi, ranging from a six-seat VIP model to nine- and 13-seaters that could be used respectively for business flights or short tourist sightseeing trips. A large door will be available for use by passengers in wheelchairs or for loading freight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/news.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3.png 800w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elfly has recruited engineers from companies such as eVTOL aircraft developer Lilium and Germany\u2019s Dornier,&nbsp;th veteran seaplane manufacturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elfly is no stranger to electric aviation. The company has been designing, producing and test flying the electric racer airplane to participate in the Air Race E electric air race event. CTO of the company Tomas Br\u00f8dreskift established Equator Aircraft in 2010 and developed\u00a0and test flew\u00a0the P2 Xcursion electric amphibian airplane later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information: <a href=\"https:\/\/el-fly.no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/el-fly.no<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 14 June 2023 Norwegian start-up Elfly Group unveiled their full electric amphibian named \u201cNoemi\u201d\u00a0(no emission) in Oslo, Norway. The company said that early versions of the Noemi will have between 6\u00a0and 13 seats and will reach around 200 kilometers at speeds of up to 250 knots, with a pair of electric motors with\u00a0output of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1329,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324\/revisions\/1329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}