Ua hoʻolaha aku ʻo Eviation Aircraft a me Cape Air ma Massachusetts i kahi Letter of Intent (LOI) no ke kūʻai ʻana i 75 mau mokulele Alice commuter all-electric. Me kēia hoʻopaʻa ʻana, manaʻo ʻo Cape Air e hoʻokumu i nā ʻauwaʻa uila āpana like ʻole, e hana i kahi pae paionia i ke au hoʻomau o ka mokulele.

Hiki i nā mokulele ʻo Alice uila holoʻokoʻa o Eviation ke hoʻokipa i ʻeiwa mau ohua a me ʻelua ohua. Lele aku ʻo Cape Air ma mua o 400 mau mokulele ʻāpana i ka lā i kahi kokoke i 40 mau kūlanakauhale ma Northeast, Midwest, Montana a me ka Caribbean. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻauwaʻa o nā mokulele Alice uila āpau e hōʻemi nui i nā hoʻokuʻu kalapona, a me ka mālama ʻana a me nā koina hana no ka mokulele, a hāʻawi i kahi ʻike lele ʻoi aku ka mālie a me ka mālie no nā poʻe holo.

"ʻO ka mokulele hoʻomau maoli ʻaʻole e hōʻemi wale i ka hopena o ka huakaʻi ea ma ke kaiapuni akā hana i ka manaʻo ʻoihana," wahi a Jessica Pruss, Hope Pelekikena o Sales ma Eviation. "Haʻaheo mākou i ke kākoʻo ʻana iā Cape Air, he alakaʻi i ʻike ʻia i ka huakaʻi mokulele āpana, e kiʻi i kahi ala hou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hopena hou e pōmaikaʻi ai nā mea hoʻokele mokulele, nā mea kaʻa, nā kaiāulu a me ke kaiāulu."

"Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Cape Air i ka hoʻomau, ka ulu ʻana, a me ka hana hou, a ʻo kā mākou hui pū ʻana me Eviation e hiki ai i kēia mau ʻōlelo hoʻohiki ke lilo i mea ʻoiaʻiʻo," wahi a ka Pelekikena a me Luna Nui ʻo Cape Air Linda Markham. "ʻO kā mākou mea kūʻai aku ma mua o ka mōʻaukala mokulele a e pōmaikaʻi kā mākou kaiāulu mai ka huakaʻi hele ʻole."

ʻO ka Eviation Alice ka mokulele holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa o ka honua, i hoʻolālā ʻia e lele 440 nautical mile ma ka uku hoʻokahi a loaʻa ka wikiwiki holo moana ʻo 250 knots. E hana ʻo Alice ma nā wahi āpau i lawelawe ʻia e nā mokulele piston a me ka turbine. He liʻiliʻi nā ʻāpana hoʻoneʻe ʻana o nā kaʻa uila holomua e hoʻonui i ka hilinaʻi a hōʻemi i nā kumukūʻai mālama. Ke nānā mau nei ka polokalamu hana a Alice i ka hana lele e hōʻoia i ka pono kūpono.

"Ua hoʻomau mau ʻo Cape Air i kahi kūpaʻa hohonu i ke kuleana pilikanaka. Ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo mua o ka huakaʻi lele uila holoʻokoʻa, ua hoʻolaʻa mākou i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana i ka wā e hiki mai ana, "wahi a Cape Air Board Chairman, Dan Wolf. "Me Eviation, ke hana nei mākou i ka hanauna hou o ka huakaʻi ea, kahi e lilo ai ka lele uila i ka maʻamau ʻoihana."

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻauwaʻa o nā mokulele Alice uila āpau e hōʻemi nui i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke kalapona, a me ka mālama ʻana a me nā kumukūʻai hana no ka mokulele, a hāʻawi i kahi ʻike lele ʻoi aku ka mālie a me ka mālie no nā poʻe holo.
"Haʻaheo mākou e kākoʻo iā Cape Air, he alakaʻi i ʻike ʻia i ka huakaʻi mokulele kūloko, e kiʻi i kahi ala hou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hopena hou e pōmaikaʻi ai nā mea hoʻokele mokulele, nā mea kaʻa, nā kaiāulu a me ke kaiāulu.
Me kēia hoʻopaʻa ʻana, manaʻo ʻo Cape Air e hoʻokumu i nā ʻauwaʻa uila āpana like ʻole, e hana i kahi pae paionia i ke au hoʻomau o ka mokulele.