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Speed records for electric aircraft
| date
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speed
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pilot
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plane
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Place, source, notes
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| 2013
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324.04 km / h (201 mph )
|
William M. "Chip" Yates
|
|
in addition, he has or had other records for electric aircraft, cf. English Wikipedia article: Chip Yates
|
| 2017
|
337.5 km / h
|
Walter Extra
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Siemens Extra 330LE
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Airfield: Dinslaken Black Heath
|
| planned for 2020
|
480 km / h
|
?
|
Rolls-Royce ACCEL
|
|
Individual evidence
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↑ a b An electric airplane has never been faster. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
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↑ Kevin Desmond: Electric Airplanes and Drones: A History , McFarland, 2018, ISBN 978-1-4766-6961-8 , p. 287
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↑ Andreas Wilkens: Electric planes: Siemens sets speed records, Airbus stops development of the E-Fan. In: heise.de. April 6, 2017, accessed August 15, 2020 .
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^ Siemens: Electric flying , accessed on May 6, 2019
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↑ Stephan Hiller: Rolls Royce builds the fastest electric aircraft in the world. In: energyload.eu. January 26, 2019, accessed April 16, 2019 .
