12.01.2011 16:20 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

PC-Aero ready to fly the Elektra One, Germany's latest electric-powered plane

Germany started with electric cars and bikes, and now they are taking things to the air with the PC-Aero Elektra One. This single-seat ultralight plane has a composite airframe and a 16-kilowatt motor with a range of 400 kilometers and a max flight time of three hours. At a cruising speed of 160 km/h (about 99 mph for us anglophiles), the aircraft won't be setting any speed records, but given that it's being designed a

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