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Airbus plans to build an assembly plantfor the E-Fan electric pilot training craft in Pau, France.

At a press conference in Bordeaux (near Pau) the Airbus Group Chief Technical Officer Jean Botti said “We have reached the next milestone in our Airbus Group E-Aircraft road map. The industrialisation of our E-Fan aircraft will help us to advance electric flight and also to gain experience to scale up the technology.”

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Airbus has now put their E-fan plans on their website. Much more at the link.

The Airbus Group Innovations research and technology network is leading a company-wide electric aircraft roadmap. This strategy outlines a step-by-step approach for Airbus Group’s short-, medium- and long-term development of electric planes.

http://www.airbusgroup.com/int/en/innov ... admap.html