This is a list of electric aircraft, whose primary flight power is electrical.
! Type !! Country !! Aircraft Class !! Power Source !! Date !! Status !! Notes |- | ACS-Itaipu Sora-E || Brazil || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2015 || Project abandoned || |- | Airbus A³ Vahana || United States || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2018 || Cancelled || Retired December 2019 to focus on CityAirbus development. |- | Airbus E-Fan || France || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2014 || Cancelled || Co-developed with Aero Composite Saintonge. |- | APEV Pouchelec || France || Fixed Wing kit || Battery || 2009 || Kit and plans no longer available as of 2018 || Development of the Pouchel Light |- | Aurore MB 02 Souricette || France || Fixed Wing kit || Battery || 2007 || Plans widely available || |- | AutoGyro eCavalon || Germany || Rotorcraft || Battery || 2013 || Prototype || |- | Beta AVA || United States || eVTOL || Battery || 2019 || Prototype || Technology demonstrator. |- | Beta ALIA A250 || United States || eVTOL || Battery || 2024 || Prototype || Testing and preparing serial production. |- | Beta ALIA CX300 || United States || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2024 || Prototype || Testing and preparing serial production. |- | Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2 || United States || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2016 || Project || |- | Cessna 172 electric || United States || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2010 || Demonstrator only || On 19 October 2012 Beyond Aviation announced that it had flown an electric Cessna 172 Skyhawk. |- | Cessna 208 eCaravan || United States || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2020 || Prototype || Currently undergoing testing prior to certification. |- | CityAirbus || Multinational || eVTOL || Battery || 2019 || Prototype || |- | e-Genius || Germany || || Battery || 2011 || Prototype || |- | Electravia Electro Trike || France || Ultralight || Battery || 2008 || Prototype || |- | Electric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer Trike || United States || Ultralight || Battery || 2007 || Unknown || Ultralight. First commercial offering of an electric aircraft. |- | Eviation Alice || Israel || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2022 || Cancelled || 2 pilot + 9 passenger, 444 km/h cruise and 1,367 km range |- | Flightstar e-Spyder || United States || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2009 || Ultralight Kit || Converted Flightstar Sportstar Spyder. Also offered as the Greenwing GW280 and Yuneec eSpyder. |- | Heart Aerospace X1 || United States || Fixed wing || Battery || 2026 || Prototype |- | Joby Aviation S4 || United States || eVTOL || Battery || 2017 || Prototype || Testing and preparing serial production. |- | La France || France || Airship || Battery || 1884 || Prototype || |- | MacCready Gossamer Penguin || United States || Fixed Wing || Solar || 1980 || Prototype || |- | MacCready Solar Challenger || United States || Fixed Wing || Solar || 1981 || Prototype || Flew from Paris to England. |- | Mauro Solar Riser || United States || Fixed Wing || Solar || 1979 || Prototype || First manned, solar-powered airplane. Based on the UFM Easy Riser. Solar cells charged battery for flight. |- | Militky MB-E1 || West Germany || Fixed Wing || Battery || 1973 || Prototype || First manned airplane to fly solely on electric power. |- | NASA X-57 Maxwell || United States || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2016 || Project || Modified Tecnam P2006T. |- | Opener BlackFly || United States || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2011 || Prototype || |- | PC-Aero Elektra One || Germany || Fixed Wing || Solar || 2011 || Project || |- | Petróczy-Kármán-Žurovec PKZ-1 || Hungary || Rotorcraft || Cable || 1917 || Prototype || Tethered with a cable providing power. |- | Pipistrel Alpha Electro || Slovenia || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2011 || Production || Electric version of the Pipistrel Alpha Trainer. |- | Pipistrel Velis Electro || Slovenia || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2020 || Production || Type certified. Based on the Pipistrel Virus |- | Rolls-Royce ACCEL || United Kingdom || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2021 || Prototype || |- | Solair 1 || Germany || Fixed Wing || Solar || 1983 || Prototype || Developed from a Farner canard design. The Solair II flew 1998. |- | Solar Impulse || Switzerland || Fixed Wing || Solar || 2009 || Prototype || |- | Solar Impulse 2 || Switzerland || Fixed Wing || Solar || 2015 || Prototype || First round-the-world flight by an electric aircraft. |- | Solar-Powered Aircraft Developments Solar One || United Kingdom || Fixed Wing || Solar || 1979 || Prototype || Solar cells charged battery for flight. |- | SolarStratos || Switzerland || Fixed Wing || Battery+Solar || 2017 || Prototype || |- | Solution F/Chretien Helicopter || France || Rotorcraft || Battery || 2011 || Prototype || First free-flying manned electric helicopter. |- | Sunseeker Duo || United States || Fixed Wing || Solar || 2013 || Prototype ||
| Tissandier || France || Airship || Battery || 1883 || Prototype || First electric powered aircraft. |- | TCab Tech E20 || China || eVTOL || Battery || 2023 || Prototype || |- | Ultraflight Lazair Electric || Canada || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2011 || Prototype || Sigler, Dean: Dale Kramer and his electric Lazair, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, pages 31-35. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851 |- | Volocopter || Germany || Rotorcraft || Battery || 2008 || Cancelled || |- | Yuneec International E430 || China || Fixed Wing || Battery || 2009 || Production || Homebuilt aircraft.
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