Slovenian aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel has built the two-seat WATTsUp aircraft powered by an 85kW Siemens electric motor and 17kWh battery pack

The Siemens 85kW electric motor installed on a Pipistrel WATTsUp aircraft

The Pipistrel Velis Electro is the world’s first fully electric aircraft to be type-certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency

Power is delivered to the Velis Electro by a 345 VDC electric system built around a liquid-cooled in-house developed high-performance battery system

The Pipistrel Velis Electro became the world's first type-certified electric aircraft in June 2020. NEBOair's maiden example is due to arrive in October.

The two-seater Velis Electro is intended primarily for pilot training, according to Pipistrel

The first solar-powered flight in a production electric aircraft departed from Reedley Municipal Airport, California

CEO Ivo Boscarol founded Pipistrel Aircraft in 1989

The Velis Electro technical team won the AIAA 2021 Aircraft Design Award, which celebrates “an original concept leading to a significant advancement in aircraft design or design technology”

Unlike the start-up procedure of a conventionally powered airplane, the Velis Electro is powered-up by four switches and requires no warm-up time before take-off

Pipistrel’s Velis X-Alpha VR is the world's first ultralight flight simulator to use virtual reality (VR) technology instead of monitors