Born Electric.
Engineered for the next era of aviation.
E9X
The E9X can replace nearly 50% of all scheduled flights, reducing aviation CO2 emissions by around 20%
*Research authored and published by Elysian Aircraft and partners.Short-haul routes, connecting regional city pairs or major hubs
Designed around electric propulsion, quieter, smoother, and cheaper to operate
Electric by design
The core technologies that make electric flight possible and scale beyond E9X across commercial and defense applications.
Wing-Battery Integration
A design approach extendable to hybrid electric and fully electric aircraft in both the commercial and military domains.
Explore how these technologies apply to dual-use cases
These technologies are the backbone of E9X and critical enablers for the wider industry, supporting everything from hybrid-electric and future turboprops to more-electric narrow-bodies and special-mission aircraft.
Get in touch with the teamThe fundamentals of electric flight
The principles that make large-scale battery-electric aviation viable. Backed by data feasibility, and real-world operations.
The Science
Battery-electric flight, defined. The E9X is backed by research that maps the design space for large-scale electric aviation, mission modelling, reserves, performance limits, and operational feasibility.
Climate Impact
Lowest climate impact on short-haul. Battery-electric aircraft deliver the highest energy efficiency, reducing climate impact across the world’s busiest networks.
Economics
Commercially viable by design. Electric propulsion changes the cost base. With optimized range and aircraft-level efficiency, short-haul flying can become both cleaner and economically compelling.
"The Elysian design approach benefits from three undeniable truths:
1. The use of a high energy content, ‘dirty’ power source but only for emergency reserves results in a significant reduction in the battery mass required, while retaining “green” status for normal operations.
2. The larger vehicle size compared to most electric aircraft projects inherently improves the available mass fraction for batteries.
3. Use of cruise speeds slower than typical for hydrocarbon-powered airliners leads to an improved L/D, reduced wing sweep, and lighter vehicle structure, yet for shorter trips will have little effect on block time.
An independent design review of the Elysian E9X battery-electric regional airliner was performed, with observations and suggestion presented. While there are still many “hot potatoes” to investigate, and there are areas where additional effort is needed before the configuration can be frozen and performance estimated to a high degree of confidence, there do not seem to be any “show stoppers” or serious issues with the overall design concept or the work done to date.
This is an ambitious project pushing technological boundaries. Success requires favourable progress in many areas. It is certainly possible that an accumulation of “bad news” could kill the project in a later stage, but nothing like that is evident at this time. The Elysian team has done a good job getting to this point and seems poised to take this project all the way. Best of luck to them!".
Daniel Raymer
Aircraft Designer, Author, Pilot, Programmer, and President of Aircraft Design Research LLC
"Elysian is pushing the boundaries of battery-electric aviation to achieve zero-emission short range flights, for which they deserve credits. Their groundbreaking design is based on sound aeronautical principles as well as an understanding of regional airline operations and economics. The impact of this concept can be wider than the current regional aircraft market, may be able to compete on routes operated by larger narrowbody aircraft. The design review highlighted the importance of several technology bricks. Battery-in-wing integration and the Reserve Energy System requires further development. With Elysian’s diligent approach they should be able to develop these technologies, leading towards a certifiable battery-electric aircraft."
Wim Pasteuning
Aeronautical Engineer & Senior Executive of Fokker Aircraft
Aircraft Designer, Author, Pilot, Programmer, and President of Aircraft Design Research LLC
"The Elysian design approach benefits from three undeniable truths:
1. The use of a high energy content, ‘dirty’ power source but only for emergency reserves results in a significant reduction in the battery mass required, while retaining “green” status for normal operations.
2. The larger vehicle size compared to most electric aircraft projects inherently improves the available mass fraction for batteries.
3. Use of cruise speeds slower than typical for hydrocarbon-powered airliners leads to an improved L/D, reduced wing sweep, and lighter vehicle structure, yet for shorter trips will have little effect on block time.
An independent design review of the Elysian E9X battery-electric regional airliner was performed, with observations and suggestion presented. While there are still many “hot potatoes” to investigate, and there are areas where additional effort is needed before the configuration can be frozen and performance estimated to a high degree of confidence, there do not seem to be any “show stoppers” or serious issues with the overall design concept or the work done to date.
This is an ambitious project pushing technological boundaries. Success requires favourable progress in many areas. It is certainly possible that an accumulation of “bad news” could kill the project in a later stage, but nothing like that is evident at this time. The Elysian team has done a good job getting to this point and seems poised to take this project all the way. Best of luck to them!".
Aeronautical Engineer & Senior Executive of Fokker Aircraft
"Elysian is pushing the boundaries of battery-electric aviation to achieve zero-emission short range flights, for which they deserve credits. Their groundbreaking design is based on sound aeronautical principles as well as an understanding of regional airline operations and economics. The impact of this concept can be wider than the current regional aircraft market, may be able to compete on routes operated by larger narrowbody aircraft. The design review highlighted the importance of several technology bricks. Battery-in-wing integration and the Reserve Energy System requires further development. With Elysian’s diligent approach they should be able to develop these technologies, leading towards a certifiable battery-electric aircraft."
Meet the team behind the mission
