About this episode

The episode discusses the flight of the largest electric airplane and its implications for the future of regional air travel.

Heart Aerospace (YC W19) just flew the largest electric airplane ever flown — a 100-foot wingspan, a takeoff weight of 25,000 pounds, and $5 of electricity to get it off the ground. In this episode of Hard Tech, YC's Gustaf Alströmer visits Heart's pilot plant in LA and sits down with co-founder and CEO Anders Forslund to find out how they went from a 3D-printed model to a full-scale electric aircraft in seven years, why the jet engine has left short flights behind, and what cheap electric flight could unlock for the future of regional air travel.

People in this episode

Host: Gustaf Alströmer

Guest: Anders Forslund

Topics covered

• electric aircraft
• regional air travel
• aviation technology
• sustainability
• innovation

Keywords

• electric airplane
• Heart Aerospace
• aviation
• sustainability
• regional air travel
• innovation
• Gustaf Alströmer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Heart Aerospace

Places: LA

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