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Technology | Wright Electric

 2 years ago
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The Wright Motor

Disrupting 100 years of electric machines

Wright is developing megawatt class, altitude-capable electric motors for high performance altitude and ground-based applications.
  • 2 MW - 2x improvement in size over megawatt scale motors being demonstrated in the aerospace industry
  • 10kW/kg specific power - a 2x improvement compared to available aircraft propulsion motors
  • Scalable from 500 kW to 4 MW for different applications
  • Allows application of the motor up to the single-aisle class aircraft, to enable electric and hybrid-electric flight with little to no emissions
  • Wright will use 10 2MW motors on its Wright 1 aircraft - that's a total of 20 MW, which is as powerful as an A320 Airbus aircraft
The Wright motor reduces the weight of the overall system, maximizing payload and range.

Read more about the Wright motor in this deep-dive blog post.

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