Heart Aerospace的X1成为史上最大的电动飞机

做的是什么生意

Heart Aerospace is a Swedish-founded, Los Angeles-based electric aircraft manufacturer developing the ES-30, a 30-seat hybrid-electric regional airliner for FAA Part 25 certification, and using its full-scale demonstrator X1 to validate the technology.

启动资金：Heart Aerospace had raised $145M through its February 2024 round — $107M in that Series B — from investors including Breakthrough Energy Ventures, United Airlines, Air Canada, EQT Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Norrsken VC and Y Combinator (Kaptena, 2024-02-06).

起因

Heart Aerospace, founded in Gothenburg by Anders Forslund and now based in Los Angeles, set out to prove electric propulsion works at airliner scale, not just in small aircraft. Its answer was X1, a full-scale battery-electric demonstrator representative of the planned 30-seat hybrid-electric ES-30, built to gather the flight data and regulatory experience a Part 25 airliner program needs.

经过

In July 2026 the FAA issued X1 a Special Airworthiness Certificate in the Experimental Category after structural, propulsion, systems and taxi tests. On August 12, 2026, the piloted X1 flew for 27 minutes from Plattsburgh International Airport in New York, reaching 1,100 feet with more than one megawatt of electric power, using about $5 of electricity; the profile covered taxi, takeoff, climb, maneuvering and landing.

结果

Heart Aerospace called the flight the first demonstration of electric flight at commercial airliner scale. Customer commitments stand at $9.4B from carriers including United Airlines, Air Canada and JSX; ES-30 entry into service is targeted for 2031, with the first pre-production aircraft being built at Heart's Los Angeles pilot plant and flight testing planned for 2028.

可借鉴之处

全尺寸飞行验证机是纸面设计无法做到的推销：X1的飞行将Heart的全新项目转化为94亿美元的航空公司承诺和可信的Part 25路径。