![In world first, all-electric aircraft secures type cert](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/pipistrel-velis-electro3-1030x-1.jpg)
Pipistrel’s Velis Electro has become the first all-electric aircraft to secure type certification from a civil aviation body, after the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved the two-seater design on Wednesday.
![World’s largest all-electric aircraft gears up for first flight](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Magnix-e1590647510933-1.jpg)
The world’s largest all-electric aircraft is about to take to the skies for the first time in a test flight over Washington state in the US on Thursday. The Cessna Caravan, retrofitted with an electric engine by magniX, is expected to fly for 20-30 minutes. Unlike the experimental aircraft that have dominated electric flight so far,
![Canadian floatplane carrier plans conversion to all-electric fleet](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Preparing-for-takeoff_1170.jpg)
In a case of something old being made new, Vancouver-based Harbour Air plans to convert its de Havilland and Cessna fleet to all-electric aircraft.
![Rolls-Royce to accelerate electric aircraft design](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/45846734524_98fb54d989_k.jpg)
Rolls-Royce is developing what it says will be the world's fastest electric aircraft.