Start-up Wright Electric’s goal is for every short flight to be electric within 20 years. In March, at Y Combinator’s Demo Day, it offered a preview of its first plane, an 150-seat airliner designed for flights like New York-Boston, London-Paris, and Seoul-Jeju.
Electrification depends on major advances in batteries. For now, Wright Electric has a plan B in hybrid planes, not dissimilar to a Chevy Volt.
